RFC 8483 · INFORMATIONAL · 2018

Yeti DNS Testbed

Overview

RFC 8483, “Yeti DNS Testbed”, is an Informational document published in October 2018 by L. Song, D. Liu, P. Vixie, A. Kato, S. Kerr. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Yeti DNS is an experimental, non-production root server testbed that provides an environment where technical and operational experiments can safely be performed without risk to production root server infrastructure. This document aims solely to document the technical and operational experience of deploying a system that is similar to but different from the Root Server system (on which the Internet's Domain Name System is designed and built).

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What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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