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DNS NSAP RRs

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Network Working Group                                         B. Manning
Request for Comments: 1348                               Rice University
Updates: RFCs 1034, 1035                                       July 1992


                              DNS NSAP RRs

Status of this Memo

   This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet
   community.  Discussion and suggestions for improvement are requested.
   Please refer to the current edition of the "IAB Official Protocol
   Standards" for the standardization state and status of this protocol.
   Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Table of Contents

   Introduction .....................................................  1
   Background .......................................................  1
   NSAP RR ..........................................................  2
   NSAP-PTR RR ......................................................  2
   REFERENCES and BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................  3
   Security Considerations ..........................................  4
   Author's Address .................................................  4

Introduction

   This RFC defines the format of two new Resource Records (RRs) for the
   Domain Name System (DNS), and reserves corresponding DNS type
   mnemonic and numerical codes.  This format may be used with the any
   proposal that has variable length addresses, but is targeted for CLNP
   use.

   This memo assumes that the reader is familiar with the DNS [3,4].

Background

   This section describes an experimental representation of NSAP
   addresses in the DNS. There are several reasons to take this approch.
   First, it provides simple documentation of the correct addresses to
   use in static configurations of CLNP compliant hosts and routers.

   NSAP support requires that a new DNS resource record entry type
   ("NSAP") be defined, to store longer Internet (i.e., NSAP) addresses.
   This resource record allows mapping from DNS names to NSAP addresses,
   and will contain entries for systems which are able to run Internet
   applications, over TCP or UDP, over CLNP.




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