@misc{rfc8020, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 8020, howpublished = {RFC 8020}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC8020}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8020}, author = {Stéphane Bortzmeyer and Shumon Huque}, title = {{NXDOMAIN: There Really Is Nothing Underneath}}, pagetotal = 10, year = 2016, month = nov, abstract = {This document states clearly that when a DNS resolver receives a response with a response code of NXDOMAIN, it means that the domain name which is thus denied AND ALL THE NAMES UNDER IT do not exist. This document clarifies RFC 1034 and modifies a portion of RFC 2308: it updates both of them.}, }