RFC 3401 · INFORMATIONAL · 2002

Dynamic Delegation Discovery System Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS

Overview

RFC 3401, “Dynamic Delegation Discovery System Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS”, is an Informational document published in October 2002 by M. Mealling. It updates RFC 2276. It obsoletes RFC 2168, RFC 2915. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies the exact documents that make up the complete Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS). DDDS is an abstract algorithm for applying dynamically retrieved string transformation rules to an application-unique string. This document along with RFC 3402, RFC 3403 and RFC 3404 obsolete RFC 2168 and RFC 2915, as well as updates RFC 2276. This memo provides information for the Internet community.

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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
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2168 RFC 2915
This RFC updates
RFC 2276
Other RFCs from 2002

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