Related information
PyDNS docs
To be done
Known Todo
A couple of people have requested support for UPDATE.
Currently I (anthony) am redesigning the internal APIs to separate
out the transport from the packet building. This will make going forward
a lot simpler, and remove much of the seriously nasty code from the innards.
Where possible, the new API will support the same basic API for "just do a
query" as the old
RFCs
A list of DNS-related RFCs. It would be nice to list the status of pydns
w.r.t each of the following RFCs.
Core RFCs
The following describe the DNS protocol.
This list should be checked against the WG homepage
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RFC 1034
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Domain Names - Concepts and Facilities
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RFC 1035
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Domain Names - Implementation and Specification
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RFC 1464
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Using the Domain Name System To Store Arbitrary String Attributes
(DNS TXT records)
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RFC 1536
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Common DNS Implementation Errors and Suggested Fixes
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RFC 1995
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Incremental Zone Transfer in DNS
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RFC 1996
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A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY)
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RFC 2052
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A DNS RR for specifying the location of services (DNS SRV)
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RFC 2136
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Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)
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RFC 2181
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Clarifications to the DNS Specification
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RFC 2308
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Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)
RFC 2308
DNS IANA Considerations
Operational RFCs
The following describe various operational aspects of the DNS.
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RFC 1912
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Common DNS Operational and Configuration Errors
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RFC 1982
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Serial Number Arithmetic
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RFC 2317
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Classless IN-ADDR.ARPA delegation
DNSSEC
The following RFCs concern DNSSEC. PyDNS at this time does not even
attempt to go down this path.
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RFC 2065
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Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) [obsoleted by RFC 2535]
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RFC 2535
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Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC)
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RFC 2536
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DSA KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS)
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RFC 2537
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RSA/MD5 KEYs and SIGs in the Domain Name System (DNS)
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RFC 2538
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Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS)
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RFC 2539
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Storage of Diffie-Hellman Keys in the Domain Name System (DNS)
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RFC 2540
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Detached Domain Name System (DNS) Information
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RFC 2541
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DNS Security Operational Considerations
Other Resources
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DNSRD
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DNS Resources Directory (DNSRD). Unfortunately as of today (14th May 2002)
this site appears to have been down for the last couple of weeks.
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dmoz.org
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The Open Directory Project's collection of DNS links
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