BCP 155

RFC 5855

"Nameservers for IPv4 and IPv6 Reverse Zones", May 2010

Canonical URL:

http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5855.txt
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Status:

BEST CURRENT PRACTICE

Authors:

J. Abley
T. Manderson

Stream:

IETF

Source:

NON WORKING GROUP

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Abstract

This document specifies a stable naming scheme for the nameservers that serve the zones IN-ADDR.ARPA and IP6.ARPA in the DNS. These zones contain data that facilitate reverse mapping (address to name). This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.