| 1034 | Domain names - concepts and facilitiesP. Mockapetris | Internet Standard | November 1987 |
| 1035 | Domain names - implementation and specificationP. Mockapetris | Internet Standard | November 1987 |
| 2136 | Dynamic Updates in the Domain Name System (DNS UPDATE)P. Vixie, Ed., S. Thomson, Y. Rekhter, J. Bound | Proposed Standard | April 1997 |
| 2181 | Clarifications to the DNS SpecificationR. Elz, R. Bush | Proposed Standard | July 1997 |
| 2308 | Negative Caching of DNS Queries (DNS NCACHE)M. Andrews | Proposed Standard | March 1998 |
| 2535 | Domain Name System Security ExtensionsD. Eastlake 3rd · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | March 1999 |
| 2538 | Storing Certificates in the Domain Name System (DNS)D. Eastlake 3rd, O. Gudmundsson · obsoleted by RFC 4398 | Proposed Standard | March 1999 |
| 2671 | Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS0)P. Vixie · obsoleted by RFC 6891 | Proposed Standard | August 1999 |
| 2845 | Secret Key Transaction Authentication for DNS (TSIG)P. Vixie, O. Gudmundsson, D. Eastlake 3rd, B. Wellington · obsoleted by RFC 8945 | Proposed Standard | May 2000 |
| 2931 | DNS Request and Transaction Signatures ( SIG(0)s )D. Eastlake 3rd | Proposed Standard | September 2000 |
| 3007 | Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Dynamic UpdateB. Wellington | Proposed Standard | November 2000 |
| 3008 | Domain Name System Security (DNSSEC) Signing AuthorityB. Wellington · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | November 2000 |
| 3090 | DNS Security Extension Clarification on Zone StatusE. Lewis · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | March 2001 |
| 3225 | Indicating Resolver Support of DNSSECD. Conrad | Proposed Standard | December 2001 |
| 3226 | DNSSEC and IPv6 A6 aware server/resolver message size requirementsO. Gudmundsson | Proposed Standard | December 2001 |
| 3445 | Limiting the Scope of the KEY Resource Record (RR)D. Massey, S. Rose · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | December 2002 |
| 3597 | Handling of Unknown DNS Resource Record (RR) TypesA. Gustafsson | Proposed Standard | September 2003 |
| 3655 | Redefinition of DNS Authenticated Data (AD) bitB. Wellington, O. Gudmundsson · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | November 2003 |
| 3658 | Delegation Signer (DS) Resource Record (RR)O. Gudmundsson · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | December 2003 |
| 3755 | Legacy Resolver Compatibility for Delegation Signer (DS)S. Weiler · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | May 2004 |
| 3757 | Domain Name System KEY (DNSKEY) Resource Record (RR) Secure Entry Point (SEP) FlagO. Kolkman, J. Schlyter, E. Lewis · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | May 2004 |
| 3833 | Threat Analysis of the Domain Name System (DNS)D. Atkins, R. Austein | Informational | August 2004 |
| 3845 | DNS Security (DNSSEC) NextSECure (NSEC) RDATA FormatJ. Schlyter, Ed. · obsoleted by RFC 4033, RFC 4034, RFC 4035 | Proposed Standard | August 2004 |
| 4034 | Resource Records for the DNS Security ExtensionsR. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |
| 4035 | Protocol Modifications for the DNS Security ExtensionsR. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |