Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                   D. Eastlake 3rd
Request for Comments: 6895                                        Huawei
BCP: 42                                                       April 2013
Obsoletes: 6195
Updates: 1183, 2845, 2930, 3597
Category: Best Current Practice
ISSN: 2070-1721

              Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations

Abstract

   This document specifies Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
   parameter assignment considerations for the allocation of Domain Name
   System (DNS) resource record types, CLASSes, operation codes, error
   codes, DNS protocol message header bits, and AFSDB resource record
   subtypes.  It obsoletes RFC 6195 and updates RFCs 1183, 2845, 2930,
   and 3597.

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   This memo documents an Internet Best Current Practice.

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   (IETF).  It represents the consensus of the IETF community.  It has
   received public review and has been approved for publication by the
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RFC 6895                 DNS IANA Considerations              April 2013

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ....................................................2
      1.1. Terminology ................................................3
   2. DNS Query/Response Headers ......................................3
      2.1. One Spare Bit? .............................................4
      2.2. OpCode Assignment ..........................................4
      2.3. RCODE Assignment ...........................................4
   3. DNS Resource Records ............................................6
      3.1. RRTYPE IANA Considerations .................................7
           3.1.1. DNS RRTYPE Allocation Policy ........................8
           3.1.2. DNS RRTYPE Expert Guidelines .......................10
           3.1.3. Special Note on the OPT RR .........................10
           3.1.4. The AFSDB RR Subtype Field .........................10
      3.2. RR CLASS IANA Considerations ..............................11
      3.3. Label Considerations ......................................13
           3.3.1. Label Types ........................................13
           3.3.2. Label Contents and Use .............................13
   4. Security Considerations ........................................14
   5. IANA Considerations ............................................14
   Appendix A. RRTYPE Allocation Template ............................15
   Appendix B. Changes from RFC 6195 .................................16
   Normative References ..............................................17
   Informative References ............................................18
   Acknowledgements ..................................................19

1.  Introduction

   The Domain Name System (DNS) provides replicated distributed secure
   hierarchical databases that store "resource records" (RRs) under
   domain names.  DNS data is structured into CLASSes and zones that can
   be independently maintained.  Familiarity with [RFC1034], [RFC1035],
   [RFC2136], [RFC2181], and [RFC4033] is assumed.

   This document provides, either directly or by reference, the general
   IANA parameter assignment considerations that apply across DNS query
   and response headers and all RRs.  There may be additional IANA
   considerations that apply to only a particular RRTYPE or
   query/response OpCode.  See the specific RFC defining that RRTYPE or
   query/response OpCode for such considerations if they have been
   defined, except for AFSDB RR considerations [RFC1183], which are
   included herein.  This RFC obsoletes [RFC6195]; however, the only
   significant changes are those to the RRTYPE IANA allocation process,
   aimed at streamlining it and clarifying the expected behavior of the
   parties involved, and the closing of the AFSDB subtype registry.

   IANA currently maintains a web page of DNS parameters available from