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RFC 9906 - Deprecate Usage of ECC-GOST within DNSSEC

Publication Date: November 2025
Status: Standards Track
Authors: W. Hardaker (USC/ISI), W. Kumari (Google)

Abstract​

This document retires the use of GOST R 34.10-2001 (mnemonic "ECC-GOST") and GOST R 34.11-94 within DNSSEC.

RFC 5933 (Historic) defined the use of GOST R 34.10-2001 and GOST R 34.11-94 algorithms with DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). This document updates RFC 5933 by deprecating the use of ECC-GOST.

Status of This Memo​

This is an Internet Standards Track document.

This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.

Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9906.

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Acknowledgments​

The authors appreciate the comments and suggestions from the following IETF participants in helping produce this document: Mark Andrews, Steve Crocker, Brian Dickson, Peter Dickson, Thomas Graf, Paul Hoffman, Russ Housely, Shumon Huque, S. Moonesamy, Peter Thomassen, Stefan Ubbink, Tim Wicinski, Paul Wouters, and the many members of the DNSOP Working Group that discussed this specification.

Authors' Addresses​

Wes Hardaker
USC/ISI
Email: <[email protected]>

Warren Kumari
Google
Email: <[email protected]>

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