RFC 7766 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016

DNS Transport over TCP - Implementation Requirements

Overview

RFC 7766, “DNS Transport over TCP - Implementation Requirements”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2016 by J. Dickinson, S. Dickinson, R. Bellis, A. Mankin, D. Wessels. It updates RFC 1035, RFC 1123. It obsoletes RFC 5966. It has since been updated by RFC 8490, RFC 9103. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies the requirement for support of TCP as a transport protocol for DNS implementations and provides guidelines towards DNS-over-TCP performance on par with that of DNS-over-UDP. This document obsoletes RFC 5966 and therefore updates RFC 1035 and RFC 1123.

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

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
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 5966
This RFC updates
RFC 1035 RFC 1123
Updated by
RFC 8490 RFC 9103
Other RFCs from 2016

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