RFC - 1886

DNS Extensions to support IP version 6

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1886.txt
Authors:	S. Thomson [Bellcore], C. Huitema []
Date:	December 1995
Category:	Informational
This specification has been !!! obsoleted !!!

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Obsoleted by:
RFC-3596draft	DNS Extensions to Support IP Version 6

Updated by:
RFC-3152 [BCP 49]	Delegation of IP6.ARPA (Obsoleted by RFC-3596draft)
RFC-2874exp	DNS Extensions to Support IPv6 Address Aggregation and Renumbering (Updated by RFC-3226prop, RFC-3152, RFC-3364, RFC-3363)

Referred by:	22 RFC
Refers to:	3 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Abstract

This document defines the changes that need to be made to the Domain Name System to support hosts running IP version 6 (IPv6). The changes include a new resource record type to store an IPv6 address, a new domain to support lookups based on an IPv6 address, and updated definitions of existing query types that return Internet addresses as part of additional section processing. The extensions are designed to be compatible with existing applications and, in particular, DNS implementations themselves.

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