RFC 1535: A Security Problem and Proposed Correction With Widely Deployed DNS Software

This document discusses a flaw in some of the currently distributed name resolver clients. The flaw exposes a security weakness related to the search…

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Outgoing relationships (3 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities
Informative reference — RFC 1536: Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes
Informative reference — RFC 1537: Common DNS Data File Configuration Errors

Incoming relationships (7 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 3696: Application Techniques for Checking and Transformation of Names
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3646: DNS Configuration options for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8106: IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration
Informatively referenced by — RFC 3397: Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Domain Search Option
Informatively referenced by — RFC 1912: Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors
Informatively referenced by — RFC 7622: Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP): Address Format
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5507: Design Choices When Expanding the DNS