@misc{rfc7129, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 7129, howpublished = {RFC 7129}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC7129}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7129}, author = {R. (Miek) Gieben and Matthijs Mekking}, title = {{Authenticated Denial of Existence in the DNS}}, pagetotal = 30, year = 2014, month = feb, abstract = {Authenticated denial of existence allows a resolver to validate that a certain domain name does not exist. It is also used to signal that a domain name exists but does not have the specific resource record (RR) type you were asking for. When returning a negative DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) response, a name server usually includes up to two NSEC records. With NSEC version 3 (NSEC3), this amount is three. This document provides additional background commentary and some context for the NSEC and NSEC3 mechanisms used by DNSSEC to provide authenticated denial-of-existence responses.}, }