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DNS NSAP Resource Records

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Network Working Group                                         B. Manning
Request for Comments: 1706                                           ISI
Obsoletes: 1637, 1348                                         R. Colella
Category: Informational                                             NIST
                                                            October 1994


                       DNS NSAP Resource Records


Status of this Memo

   This memo provides information for the Internet community.  This memo
   does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.  Distribution of
   this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

   OSI lower layer protocols, comprising the connectionless network
   protocol (CLNP) and supporting routing protocols, are deployed in
   some parts of the global Internet.  Maintenance and debugging of CLNP
   connectivity is greatly aided by support in the Domain Name System
   (DNS) for mapping between names and NSAP addresses.

   This document defines the format of one new Resource Record (RR) for
   the DNS for domain name-to-NSAP mapping. The RR may be used with any
   NSAP address format.

   NSAP-to-name translation is accomplished through use of the PTR RR
   (see STD 13, RFC 1035 for a description of the PTR RR). This paper
   describes how PTR RRs are used to support this translation.

   This document obsoletes RFC 1348 and RFC 1637.


















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