| 9859 | Generalized DNS NotificationsJ. Stenstam, P. Thomassen, J. Levine | Proposed Standard | September 2025 |
| 9619 | In the DNS, QDCOUNT Is (Usually) OneR. Bellis, J. Abley | Proposed Standard | July 2024 |
| 9526 | Simple Provisioning of Public Names for Residential NetworksD. Migault, R. Weber, M. Richardson, R. Hunter | Experimental | January 2024 |
| 9499 | DNS TerminologyP. Hoffman, K. Fujiwara | Best Current Practice | March 2024 |
| 9432 | DNS Catalog ZonesP. van Dijk, L. Peltan, O. Surý, W. Toorop, C.R. Monshouwer, P. Thomassen, A. Sargsyan | Proposed Standard | July 2023 |
| 9250 | DNS over Dedicated QUIC ConnectionsC. Huitema, S. Dickinson, A. Mankin | Proposed Standard | May 2022 |
| 9210 | DNS Transport over TCP - Operational RequirementsJ. Kristoff, D. Wessels | Best Current Practice | March 2022 |
| 9103 | DNS Zone Transfer over TLSW. Toorop, S. Dickinson, S. Sahib, P. Aras, A. Mankin | Proposed Standard | August 2021 |
| 8499 | DNS TerminologyP. Hoffman, A. Sullivan, K. Fujiwara · obsoleted by RFC 9499 | Best Current Practice | January 2019 |
| 8483 | Yeti DNS TestbedL. Song, Ed., D. Liu, P. Vixie, A. Kato, S. Kerr | Informational | October 2018 |
| 8324 | DNS Privacy, Authorization, Special Uses, Encoding, Characters, Matching, and Root Structure: Time for Another Look?J. Klensin | Informational | February 2018 |
| 8210 | The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to Router Protocol, Version 1R. Bush, R. Austein | Proposed Standard | September 2017 |
| 7719 | DNS TerminologyP. Hoffman, A. Sullivan, K. Fujiwara · obsoleted by RFC 8499 | Informational | December 2015 |
| 6895 | Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsD. Eastlake 3rd | Best Current Practice | April 2013 |
| 6810 | The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) to Router ProtocolR. Bush, R. Austein | Proposed Standard | January 2013 |
| 6781 | DNSSEC Operational Practices, Version 2O. Kolkman, W. Mekking, R. Gieben | Informational | December 2012 |
| 6195 | Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsD. Eastlake 3rd · obsoleted by RFC 6895 | Best Current Practice | March 2011 |
| 5936 | DNS Zone Transfer Protocol (AXFR)E. Lewis, A. Hoenes, Ed. | Proposed Standard | June 2010 |
| 5395 | Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsD. Eastlake 3rd · obsoleted by RFC 6195 | Best Current Practice | November 2008 |
| 4704 | The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) Client Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) OptionB. Volz | Proposed Standard | October 2006 |
| 4702 | The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Client Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) OptionM. Stapp, B. Volz, Y. Rekhter | Proposed Standard | October 2006 |
| 4641 | DNSSEC Operational PracticesO. Kolkman, R. Gieben · obsoleted by RFC 6781 | Informational | September 2006 |
| 4450 | Getting Rid of the Cruft: Report from an Experiment in Identifying and Reclassifying Obsolete Standards DocumentsE. Lear, H. Alvestrand | Informational | March 2006 |
| 4192 | Procedures for Renumbering an IPv6 Network without a Flag DayF. Baker, E. Lear, R. Droms | Informational | September 2005 |
| 3790 | Survey of IPv4 Addresses in Currently Deployed IETF Internet Area Standards Track and Experimental DocumentsC. Mickles, Ed., P. Nesser, II | Informational | June 2004 |
| 2929 | Domain Name System (DNS) IANA ConsiderationsD. Eastlake 3rd, E. Brunner-Williams, B. Manning · obsoleted by RFC 5395 | Best Current Practice | September 2000 |
| 2136 | Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)P. Vixie, Ed., S. Thomson, Y. Rekhter, J. Bound | Proposed Standard | April 1997 |
| 2010 | Operational Criteria for Root Name ServersB. Manning, P. Vixie · obsoleted by RFC 2870 | Informational | October 1996 |
| 1995 | Incremental Zone Transfer in DNSM. Ohta | Proposed Standard | August 1996 |