RFC 7830 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016
MON · 15 JUN 2026
The EDNS Padding Option
Overview
RFC 7830, “The EDNS Padding Option”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2016 by A. Mayrhofer. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document specifies the EDNS(0) "Padding" option, which allows DNS clients and servers to pad request and response messages by a variable number of octets.
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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