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Operational Considerations for Use of DNS in Internet of Things (IoT) Devices
RFC 9726 also known as BCP 241

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Date By Action
2026-05-20
(System) Changed metadata: changed keywords to '['DNS', 'MUD', 'round-robin', 'tailored response', 'DNSSEC', 'IoT security', 'Device Identity']' from '[]'
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "W. Pan": changed name from "Wei Pan" to "W. Pan"
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "M. Richardson": changed name from "Michael Richardson" to "M. Richardson"
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2025-03-31
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9726, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-opsawg-mud-iot-dns-considerations and RFC 9726, set title to 'Operational …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9726, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-opsawg-mud-iot-dns-considerations and RFC 9726, set title to 'Operational Considerations for Use of DNS in Internet of Things (IoT) Devices', set abstract to 'This document details considerations about how Internet of Things (IoT) devices use IP addresses and DNS names. These concerns become acute as network operators begin deploying Manufacturer Usage Descriptions (MUD), as specified in RFC 8520, to control device access.

Also, this document makes recommendations on when and how to use DNS names in MUD files.', set pages to 17, set standardization level to Best Current Practice, added RFC published event at 2025-03-31)
2025-03-31
(System) Added rfc9726 to bcp241
2025-03-31
(System) RFC published