RFC 8023 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016

Report from the Workshop and Prize on Root Causes and Mitigation of Name Collisions

Overview

RFC 8023, “Report from the Workshop and Prize on Root Causes and Mitigation of Name Collisions”, is an Informational document published in November 2016 by M. Thomas, A. Mankin, L. Zhang. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document provides context and a report on the workshop on "Root Causes and Mitigation of Name Collisions", which took place in London, United Kingdom, from March 8 to 10, 2014. The main goal of the workshop was to foster a discussion on the causes and potential mitigations of domain name collisions. This report provides a small amount of background and context; then, it provides a summary of the workshop's discussions.

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