Skip to main content

References

References and related resources cited in RFC 1035.


Normative References

RFC 1034 - Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities

Author: Paul Mockapetris
Date: November 1987
Description: Companion document to RFC 1035, provides DNS concepts and architecture

View RFC 1034 Translation

RFC 882, 883 - Domain Names (Obsolete)

Author: Paul Mockapetris
Date: November 1983
Description: Early DNS specification, replaced by RFC 1034/1035

RFC 973 - Domain System Changes (Obsolete)

Author: Paul Mockapetris
Date: January 1986
Description: Changes to RFC 882/883


RFC 768 - User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

Default transport protocol for DNS

RFC 793 - Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Used for large messages and zone transfers

RFC 822 - Internet Message Format

Mail format, related to DNS MX records


Important Updates

RFC 2181 - Clarifications to the DNS Specification

Date: 1997
Description: Important clarifications to DNS specification

RFC 2308 - Negative Caching of DNS Queries

Date: 1998
Description: DNS negative caching specification

RFC 3596 - DNS Extensions to Support IPv6

Date: 2003
Description: AAAA record definition

RFC 4033-4035 - DNSSEC

Date: 2005
Description: DNS Security Extensions

RFC 6891 - Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)

Date: 2013
Description: Extends DNS message size and other features


Implementation References

BIND

Website: https://www.isc.org/bind/
Description: Most widely used DNS server implementation

Unbound

Website: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/projects/unbound/
Description: Validating recursive DNS resolver


Return: RFC 1035 Home
Companion Document: RFC 1034 - DNS Concepts and Facilities