RFC 9498: The GNU Name System

This document provides the GNU Name System (GNS) technical specification. GNS is a decentralized and censorship-resistant domain name resolution protocol that…

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Outgoing relationships (28 related RFCs)

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 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 1035: Domain names - implementation and specification
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 1034: Domain names - concepts and facilities
Normative reference — RFC 2782: A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
Normative reference — RFC 5890: Internationalized Domain Names for Applications (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework
Normative reference — RFC 6234: US Secure Hash Algorithms (SHA and SHA-based HMAC and HKDF)
Normative reference — RFC 5869: HMAC-based Extract-and-Expand Key Derivation Function (HKDF)
Normative reference — RFC 7748: Elliptic Curves for Security
Normative reference — RFC 8032: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
Normative reference — RFC 8499: DNS Terminology
Normative reference — RFC 3826: The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Cipher Algorithm in the SNMP User-based Security Model
Normative reference — RFC 3686: Using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Counter Mode With IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP)
Normative reference — RFC 5895: Mapping Characters for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) 2008
Normative reference — RFC 6895: Domain Name System (DNS) IANA Considerations
Normative reference — RFC 6979: Deterministic Usage of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) and Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA)
Normative reference — RFC 9106: Argon2 Memory-Hard Function for Password Hashing and Proof-of-Work Applications
Normative reference — RFC 5237: IANA Allocation Guidelines for the Protocol Field
Informative reference — RFC 4033: DNS Security Introduction and Requirements
Informative reference — RFC 6066: Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions: Extension Definitions
Informative reference — RFC 1928: SOCKS Protocol Version 5
Informative reference — RFC 6761: Special-Use Domain Names
Informative reference — RFC 8806: Running a Root Server Local to a Resolver
Informative reference — RFC 8244: Special-Use Domain Names Problem Statement
Informative reference — RFC 8324: DNS Privacy, Authorization, Special Uses, Encoding, Characters, Matching, and Root Structure: Time for Another Look?
Informative reference — RFC 7363: Self-Tuning Distributed Hash Table (DHT) for REsource LOcation And Discovery (RELOAD)