RFC 9824

Compact Denial of Existence in DNSSEC, September 2025

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Status:
PROPOSED STANDARD
Updates:
RFC 4034, RFC 4035
Authors:
S. Huque
C. Elmerot
O. Gudmundsson
Stream:
IETF
Source:
dnsop (ops)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC9824

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Abstract

This document describes a technique to generate a signed DNS response on demand for a nonexistent name by claiming that the name exists but doesn't have any data for the queried record type. Such responses require only one minimally covering NSEC or NSEC3 record, allow online signing servers to minimize signing operations and response sizes, and prevent zone content disclosure.

This document updates RFCs 4034 and 4035.


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.




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