{"draft":"draft-ietf-dnsop-rfc8499bis-10","doc_id":"RFC9499","title":"DNS Terminology","authors":["P. Hoffman","K. Fujiwara"],"format":["HTML","TEXT","PDF","XML"],"page_count":"45","pub_status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","status":"BEST CURRENT PRACTICE","source":"Domain Name System Operations","abstract":"The Domain Name System (DNS) is defined in literally dozens of\r\ndifferent RFCs. The terminology used by implementers and developers\r\nof DNS protocols, and by operators of DNS systems, has changed in the\r\ndecades since the DNS was first defined. This document gives current\r\ndefinitions for many of the terms used in the DNS in a single\r\ndocument.\r\n\r\nThis document updates RFC 2308 by clarifying the definitions of\r\n\"forwarder\" and \"QNAME\". It obsoletes RFC 8499 by adding multiple\r\nterms and clarifications. Comprehensive lists of changed and new\r\ndefinitions can be found in Appendices A and B.","pub_date":"March 2024","keywords":["vocabulary","domain name system"],"obsoletes":["RFC8499"],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":["RFC2308"],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC9499","errata_url":null}