| 1034 | Domain names - concepts and facilitiesP. Mockapetris | Internet Standard | November 1987 |
| 1035 | Domain names - implementation and specificationP. Mockapetris | Internet Standard | November 1987 |
| 2119 | Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement LevelsS. Bradner | Best Current Practice | March 1997 |
| 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 |
| 3207 | SMTP Service Extension for Secure SMTP over Transport Layer SecurityP. Hoffman | Proposed Standard | February 2002 |
| 4033 | DNS Security Introduction and RequirementsR. Arends, R. Austein, M. Larson, D. Massey, S. Rose | Proposed Standard | March 2005 |
| 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 |
| 4949 | Internet Security Glossary, Version 2R. Shirey | Informational | August 2007 |
| 5246 | The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2T. Dierks, E. Rescorla · obsoleted by RFC 8446, RFC 9846 | Proposed Standard | August 2008 |
| 5280 | Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and Certificate Revocation List (CRL) ProfileD. Cooper, S. Santesson, S. Farrell, S. Boeyen, R. Housley, W. Polk | Proposed Standard | May 2008 |
| 5321 | Simple Mail Transfer ProtocolJ. Klensin | Draft Standard | October 2008 |
| 5598 | Internet Mail ArchitectureD. Crocker | Informational | July 2009 |
| 5741 | RFC Streams, Headers, and BoilerplatesL. Daigle, Ed., O. Kolkman, Ed., IAB · obsoleted by RFC 7841 | Informational | December 2009 |
| 6066 | Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions: Extension DefinitionsD. Eastlake 3rd | Proposed Standard | January 2011 |
| 6125 | Representation and Verification of Domain-Based Application Service Identity within Internet Public Key Infrastructure Using X.509 (PKIX) Certificates in the Context of Transport Layer Security (TLS)P. Saint-Andre, J. Hodges · obsoleted by RFC 9525 | Proposed Standard | March 2011 |
| 6186 | Use of SRV Records for Locating Email Submission/Access ServicesC. Daboo | Proposed Standard | March 2011 |
| 6409 | Message Submission for MailR. Gellens, J. Klensin | Internet Standard | November 2011 |
| 6672 | DNAME Redirection in the DNSS. Rose, W. Wijngaards | Proposed Standard | June 2012 |
| 6698 | The DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol: TLSAP. Hoffman, J. Schlyter | Proposed Standard | August 2012 |
| 7218 | Adding Acronyms to Simplify Conversations about DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE)O. Gudmundsson | Proposed Standard | April 2014 |
| 7435 | Opportunistic Security: Some Protection Most of the TimeV. Dukhovni | Informational | December 2014 |
| 7671 | The DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) Protocol: Updates and Operational GuidanceV. Dukhovni, W. Hardaker | Proposed Standard | October 2015 |
| 7673 | Using DNS-Based Authentication of Named Entities (DANE) TLSA Records with SRV RecordsT. Finch, M. Miller, P. Saint-Andre | Proposed Standard | October 2015 |