A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 5507 Title: Design Choices When Expanding the DNS Author: P. Faltstrom, Ed., R. Austein, Ed., P. Koch, Ed. Status: Informational Date: April 2009 Mailbox: iab@iab.org, paf@cisco.com, sra@isc.org, pk@denic.de Pages: 18 Characters: 44045 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-iab-dns-choices-08.txt URL: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5507.txt This note discusses how to extend the DNS with new data for a new application. DNS extension discussions too often focus on reuse of the TXT Resource Record Type. This document lists different mechanisms to extend the DNS, and concludes that the use of a new DNS Resource Record Type is the best solution. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This document is a product of the Internet Architecture Board. INFORMATIONAL: This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce http://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfcsearch.html. For downloading RFCs, see http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html. Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team USC/Information Sciences Institute _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce