RFC 7745 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016

XML Schemas for Reverse DNS Management

Overview

RFC 7745, “XML Schemas for Reverse DNS Management”, is an Informational document published in January 2016 by T. Manderson. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines an Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema for reverse DNS management in a tightly controlled Representational State Transfer (REST) environment. This document describes a schema that has been developed and deployed by ICANN in a "RESTful" system since 2011 and is being used by the registries responsible for reverse DNS (rDNS) delegations underneath IN-ADDR.ARPA and IP6.ARPA through an HTTPS transaction that is mediated by an X.509 certificate.

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