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Representing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS)
draft-ietf-dnsext-ipv6-addresses-02

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This is an older version of an Internet-Draft that was ultimately published as RFC 3363.
Authors Randy Bush , Alain Durand , Bill Fink , Ólafur Guðmundsson , Tony L. Hain
Last updated 2020-07-29 (Latest revision 2002-07-01)
RFC stream Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
Intended RFC status Informational
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draft-ietf-dnsext-ipv6-addresses-02
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        RFC 3363

        Title:      Representing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
                    Addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS)
        Author(s):  R. Bush, A. Durand, B. Fink, O. Gudmundsson,
                    T. Hain 
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       August 2002
        Mailbox:    randy@psg.com, alain.durand@sun.com, fink@es.net,
                    ogud@ogud.com, hain@tndh.net
        Pages:      6
        Characters: 11055
        Updates:  2673, 2874

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-dnsext-ipv6-addresses-02.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3363.txt

This document clarifies and updates the standards status of RFCs that
define direct and reverse map of IPv6 addresses in DNS.  This document
moves the A6 and Bit label specifications to experimental status.

This document is a product of the DNS Extensions Working Group of the
IETF.

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