RFC 6731 on Improved Recursive DNS Server Selection for Multi-Interfaced Nodes

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        RFC 6731

        Title:      Improved Recursive DNS Server Selection 
                    for Multi-Interfaced Nodes 
        Author:     T. Savolainen, 
                    J. Kato,
                    T. Lemon
        Status:     Standards Track
        Stream:     IETF
        Date:       December 2012
        Mailbox:    teemu.savolainen@nokia.com, 
                    kato@syce.net, 
                    Ted.Lemon@nominum.com
        Pages:      29
        Characters: 68882
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-mif-dns-server-selection-12.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6731.txt

A multi-interfaced node is connected to multiple networks, some of
which might be utilizing private DNS namespaces.  A node commonly
receives recursive DNS server configuration information from all
connected networks.  Some of the recursive DNS servers might have
information about namespaces other servers do not have.  When a
multi-interfaced node needs to utilize DNS, the node has to choose
which of the recursive DNS servers to use.  This document describes
DHCPv4 and DHCPv6 options that can be used to configure nodes with
information required to perform informed recursive DNS server
selection decisions.  [STANDARDS-TRACK]

This document is a product of the Multiple Interfaces Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

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