RFC 2929 (rfc2929) - Page 1 of 12
Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
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Network Working Group D. Eastlake, 3rd
Request for Comments: 2929 Motorola
BCP: 42 E. Brunner-Williams
Category: Best Current Practice Engage
B. Manning
ISI
September 2000
Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
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 (2000). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) parameter assignment
considerations are given for the allocation of Domain Name System
(DNS) classes, Resource Record (RR) types, operation codes, error
codes, etc.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction................................................. 2
2. DNS Query/Response Headers................................... 2
2.1 One Spare Bit?.............................................. 3
2.2 Opcode Assignment........................................... 3
2.3 RCODE Assignment............................................ 4
3. DNS Resource Records......................................... 5
3.1 RR TYPE IANA Considerations................................. 6
3.1.1 Special Note on the OPT RR................................ 7
3.2 RR CLASS IANA Considerations................................ 7
3.3 RR NAME Considerations...................................... 8
4. Security Considerations...................................... 9
References...................................................... 9
Authors' Addresses.............................................. 11
Full Copyright Statement........................................ 12
Eastlake, et al. Best Current Practice