RFC 4183: A Suggested Scheme for DNS Resolution of Networks and Gateways

This document suggests a method of using DNS to determine the network that contains a specified IP address, the netmask of that network, and the address(es)…

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Outgoing relationships (4 related RFCs)

Informative reference — RFC 2234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Informative reference — RFC 3513: Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Addressing Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 2317: Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
Informative reference — RFC 1101: DNS encoding of network names and other types