RFC 1912 · INFORMATIONAL · 1996
SUN · 14 JUN 2026
Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors
Overview
RFC 1912, “Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors”, is an Informational document published in February 1996 by D. Barr. It obsoletes RFC 1537. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo describes errors often found in both the operation of Domain Name System (DNS) servers, and in the data that these DNS servers contain. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1996
- RFC 1911 Voice Profile for Internet Mail
- RFC 1913 Architecture of the Whois++ Index Service
- RFC 1910 User-based Security Model for SNMPv2
- RFC 1914 How to Interact with a Whois++ Mesh
- RFC 1909 An Administrative Infrastructure for SNMPv2
- RFC 1915 Variance for The PPP Compression Control Protocol and The PPP Encryption Control Protocol
- RFC 1908 Coexistence between Version 1 and Version 2 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework
- RFC 1916 Enterprise Renumbering: Experience and Information Solicitation