RFC 8749 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2020

Moving DNSSEC Lookaside Validation to Historic Status

Overview

RFC 8749, “Moving DNSSEC Lookaside Validation to Historic Status”, is a Proposed Standard document published in March 2020 by W. Mekking, D. Mahoney. It updates RFC 6698, RFC 6840. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document retires DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (DLV) and reclassifies RFCs 4431 and 5074 as Historic. Furthermore, this document updates RFC 6698 by excluding the DLV resource record from certificates and updates RFC 6840 by excluding the DLV registries from the trust anchor selection.

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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 updates
RFC 6698 RFC 6840
Other RFCs from 2020

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