RFC 1996 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1996
MON · 27 JUL 2026
A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes
Overview
RFC 1996, “A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 1996 by P. Vixie. It updates RFC 1035. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo describes the NOTIFY opcode for DNS, by which a master server advises a set of slave servers that the master's data has been changed and that a query should be initiated to discover the new data. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1996
- RFC 1995 Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS
- RFC 1997 BGP Communities Attribute
- RFC 1994 PPP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
- RFC 1998 An Application of the BGP Community Attribute in Multi-home Routing
- RFC 1993 PPP Gandalf FZA Compression Protocol
- RFC 1992 The Nimrod Routing Architecture
- RFC 1991 PGP Message Exchange Formats
- RFC 1990 The PPP Multilink Protocol