RFC 9156: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy

This document describes a technique called "QNAME minimisation" to improve DNS privacy, where the DNS resolver no longer always sends the full original QNAME…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Obsoletes, Informative reference — RFC 7816: DNS Query Name Minimisation to Improve Privacy
Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 6973: Privacy Considerations for Internet Protocols
Normative reference — RFC 8499: DNS Terminology
Informative reference — RFC 2181: Clarifications to the DNS Specification
Informative reference — RFC 6672: DNAME Redirection in the DNS
Informative reference — RFC 6895: Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 8020: NXDOMAIN: There Really Is Nothing Underneath

Incoming relationships (4 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9615: Automatic DNSSEC Bootstrapping Using Authenticated Signals from the Zone's Operator
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9606: DNS Resolver Information
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9567: DNS Error Reporting
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9476: The .alt Special-Use Top-Level Domain