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Reserved Top Level DNS Names

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Network Working Group                                     D. Eastlake
Request for Comments: 2606                                  A. Panitz
BCP: 32                                                     June 1999
Category: Best Current Practice


                      Reserved Top Level DNS Names

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet Best Current Practices for the
   Internet Community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (1999).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   To reduce the likelihood of conflict and confusion, a few top level
   domain names are reserved for use in private testing, as examples in
   documentation, and the like.  In addition, a few second level domain
   names reserved for use as examples are documented.

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction............................................1
   2. TLDs for Testing, & Documentation Examples..............2
   3. Reserved Example Second Level Domain Names..............2
   4. IANA Considerations.....................................3
   5. Security Considerations.................................3
   References.................................................3
   Authors' Addresses.........................................4
   Full Copyright Statement...................................5

1. Introduction

   The global Internet Domain Name System is documented in [RFC 1034,
   1035, 1591] and numerous additional Requests for Comment.  It defines
   a tree of names starting with root, ".", immediately below which are
   top level domain names such as ".com" and ".us". Below top level
   domain names there are normally additional levels of names.








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