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DNS Terminology
RFC 8499

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Date By Action
2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['vocabulary', 'domain name system']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System)
Changed author "K. Fujiwara": changed name from "Kazunori Fujiwara" to "K. Fujiwara", changed affiliation from "Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd." to "JPRS", cleared country (was …
Changed author "K. Fujiwara": changed name from "Kazunori Fujiwara" to "K. Fujiwara", changed affiliation from "Japan Registry Services Co., Ltd." to "JPRS", cleared country (was "Japan"), changed order from "2" to "3"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "A. Sullivan": changed name from "Andrew Sullivan" to "A. Sullivan", changed order from "1" to "2"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "P. Hoffman": changed name from "Paul Hoffman" to "P. Hoffman", changed order from "0" to "1"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2024-03-21
(System) Removed rfc8499 from bcp219
2023-12-12
(System) Imported membership of rfc8499 in bcp219 via sync to the rfc-index
2023-12-12
(System) No history of BCP219 is currently available in the datatracker before this point
2019-01-02
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8499, changed abstract to 'The Domain Name System (DNS) is defined in literally dozens of …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created alias RFC 8499, changed abstract to 'The Domain Name System (DNS) is defined in literally dozens of different RFCs. The terminology used by implementers and developers of DNS protocols, and by operators of DNS systems, has sometimes changed in the decades since the DNS was first defined. This document gives current definitions for many of the terms used in the DNS in a single document.

This document obsoletes RFC 7719 and updates RFC 2308.', changed pages to 50, changed standardization level to Best Current Practice, changed state to RFC, added RFC published event at 2019-01-02, changed IESG state to RFC Published, created obsoletes relation between draft-ietf-dnsop-terminology-bis and RFC 7719, created updates relation between draft-ietf-dnsop-terminology-bis and RFC 2308, created alias BCP 219)
2019-01-02
(System) RFC published