rfc-2673

Binary Labels in the Domain Name System

M. Crawford

date1999-08 streamIETF areaint wgdnsind statusHISTORIC pages7 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2673 doi10.17487/RFC2673 errataview

This document defines a "Bit-String Label" which may appear within domain names. This new label type compactly represents a sequence of "One-Bit Labels" and enables resource records to be stored at any bit- boundary in a binary-named section of the domain name tree. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

obsoleted by

rfc-6891 — Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS(0))

updated by

rfc-3363 — Representing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) Addresses in the Domain Name System (DNS)
rfc-3364 — Tradeoffs in Domain Name System (DNS) Support for Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)

updates

rfc-1035 — Domain names - implementation and specification