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
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
Related Protocols
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
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Companion Document: RFC 1034 - DNS Concepts and Facilities