RFC 6895 · BEST CURRENT PRACTICE · 2013

Domain Name System IANA Considerations

Overview

RFC 6895, “Domain Name System IANA Considerations”, is a Best Current Practice document published in April 2013 by D. Eastlake 3rd. It updates RFC 1183, RFC 2845, RFC 2930, RFC 3597. It obsoletes RFC 6195. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) parameter assignment considerations for the allocation of Domain Name System (DNS) resource record types, CLASSes, operation codes, error codes, DNS protocol message header bits, and AFSDB resource record subtypes. It obsoletes RFC 6195 and updates RFCs 1183, 2845, 2930, and 3597.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Best Current Practice” means

Documents the IETF community's recommended operational or procedural practice rather than a protocol specification.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 6195
This RFC updates
RFC 1183 RFC 2845 RFC 2930 RFC 3597
Other RFCs from 2013

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