RFC - 3404

Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part Four: The Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) Resolution Application

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3404.txt
Authors:	M. Mealling [VeriSign]
Date:	October 2002
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-2915	The Naming Authority Pointer (NAPTR) DNS Resource Record (Obsoleted by RFC-3401, RFC-3403prop, RFC-3402prop, RFC-3404prop)
RFC-2168	Resolution of Uniform Resource Identifiers using the Domain Name System (Obsoleted by RFC-3401, RFC-3403prop, RFC-3402prop, RFC-3404prop) (Updated by RFC-2915)

Referred by:	18 RFC
Refers to:	17 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This document describes a specification for taking Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI) and locating an authoritative server for information about that URI. The method used to locate that authoritative server is the Dynamic Delegation Discovery System.

This document is part of a series that is specified in "Dynamic Delegation Discovery System (DDDS) Part One: The Comprehensive DDDS" (RFC 3401). It is very important to note that it is impossible to read and understand any document in this series without reading the others.

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