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PROPOSED STANDARD

Updated by:

RFC 6840,RFC 6944,RFC 9077,RFC 9157,RFC 9276,RFC 9905

Authors:

B. Laurie
G. Sisson
R. Arends
D. Blacka

Stream:

IETF

Source:

dnsext (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC5155

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Abstract

The Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) Extensions introduced theNSEC resource record (RR) for authenticated denial of existence.This document introduces an alternative resource record, NSEC3, whichsimilarly provides authenticated denial of existence. However, italso provides measures against zone enumeration and permits gradualexpansion of delegation-centric zones. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.

For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.