File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Obsoleted by:

RFC 6891

Author:

P. Vixie

Stream:

IETF

Source:

dnsind (int)

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DOI:  10.17487/RFC2671

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Abstract

The Domain Name System's wire protocol includes a number of fixed fields whose range has been or soon will be exhausted and does not allow clients to advertise their capabilities to servers. This document describes backward compatible mechanisms for allowing the protocol to grow. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.