List of DNS Record Types
Table of Contents
A
Record #
- The Address record.
- Maps domain names to
IPv4
addresses.
www.gorbe.io A 128.140.77.237
The
@
symbol is indicates the root domain (eg.: gorbe.io
).AAAA
Record #
- Maps domain names to
IPv6
addresses.
www.gorbe.io AAAA 2a01:4f8:1c1b:5fb9::1
CNAME
Record #
- Redirects a domain to a different domain.
www.gorbe.io CNAME gorbe.io
TXT
Record #
- Provides any type of descriptive information in text format for the given domain.
gorbe.io TXT "v=spf1 mx -all"
List #
TYPE | Value | Meaning | Reference | Template | Registration Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Reserved | 0 | RFC6895 | 2021-03-08 | ||
A | 1 | A host address | RFC1035 | ||
NS | 2 | An authoritative name server | RFC1035 | ||
3 | A mail destination (OBSOLETE - use MX) | RFC1035 | |||
4 | A mail forwarder (OBSOLETE - use MX) | RFC1035 | |||
CNAME | 5 | the canonical name for an alias | RFC1035 | ||
SOA | 6 | marks the start of a zone of authority | RFC1035 | ||
MB | 7 | a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) | RFC1035 | ||
MG | 8 | a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL) | RFC1035 | ||
MR | 9 | a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL) | RFC1035 | ||
NULL | 10 | a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL) | RFC1035 | ||
WKS | 11 | a well known service description | RFC1035 | ||
PTR | 12 | a domain name pointer | RFC1035 | ||
HINFO | 13 | host information | RFC1035 | ||
MINFO | 14 | mailbox or mail list information | RFC1035 | ||
MX | 15 | mail exchange | RFC1035 | ||
TXT | 16 | text strings | RFC1035 | ||
RP | 17 | for Responsible Person | RFC1183 | ||
AFSDB | 18 | for AFS Data Base location | RFC1183, RFC5864 | ||
X25 | 19 | for X.25 PSDN address | RFC1183 | ||
ISDN | 20 | for ISDN address | RFC1183 | ||
RT | 21 | for Route Through | RFC1183 | ||
22 | For NSAP address, NSAP style A record (DEPRECATED) | RFC1706 [status-change-int-tlds-to-historic] | |||
23 | For domain name pointer, NSAP style (DEPRECATED) | RFC1706 [status-change-int-tlds-to-historic] | |||
SIG | 24 | for security signature | RFC2536 [RFC2931] [RFC3110] [RFC4034] | ||
KEY | 25 | for security key | RFC2536 [RFC2539] [RFC3110] [RFC4034] | ||
PX | 26 | X.400 mail mapping information | [RFC2163] | ||
GPOS | 27 | Geographical Position | [RFC1712] | ||
AAAA | 28 | IP6 Address | [RFC3596] | ||
LOC | 29 | Location Information | [RFC1876] | ||
NXT | 30 | Next Domain (OBSOLETE) | [RFC2535][RFC3755] | ||
EID | 31 | Endpoint Identifier | [Michael_Patton][http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/dns.txt] | 1995-06 | |
NIMLOC | 32 | Nimrod Locator | [1][Michael_Patton][http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/dns.txt] | 1995-06 | |
SRV | 33 | Server Selection | [1][RFC2782] | ||
ATMA | 34 | ATM Address | ATM Forum Technical Committee, “ATM Name System, V2.0”, Doc ID: AF-DANS-0152.000, July 2000. Available from and held in escrow by IANA. | ||
NAPTR | 35 | Naming Authority Pointer | [RFC3403] | ||
KX | 36 | Key Exchanger | [RFC2230] | ||
CERT | 37 | CERT | [RFC4398] | ||
A6 | 38 | A6 (OBSOLETE - use AAAA) | [RFC2874][RFC3226][RFC6563] | ||
DNAME | 39 | DNAME | [RFC6672] | ||
SINK | 40 | SINK | [Donald_E_Eastlake][draft-eastlake-kitchen-sink] | 1997-11 | |
OPT | 41 | OPT | [RFC3225][RFC6891] | ||
APL | 42 | APL | [RFC3123] | ||
DS | 43 | Delegation Signer | [RFC4034] | ||
SSHFP | 44 | SSH Key Fingerprint | [RFC4255] | ||
IPSECKEY | 45 | IPSECKEY | [RFC4025] | ||
RRSIG | 46 | RRSIG | [RFC4034] | ||
NSEC | 47 | NSEC | [RFC4034][RFC9077] | ||
DNSKEY | 48 | DNSKEY | [RFC4034] | ||
DHCID | 49 | DHCID | [RFC4701] | ||
NSEC3 | 50 | NSEC3 | [RFC5155][RFC9077] | ||
NSEC3PARAM | 51 | NSEC3PARAM | [RFC5155] | ||
TLSA | 52 | TLSA | [RFC6698] | ||
SMIMEA | 53 | S/MIME cert association | [RFC8162] | SMIMEA/smimea-completed-template | 2015-12-01 |
Unassigned | 54 | ||||
HIP | 55 | Host Identity Protocol | [RFC8005] | ||
NINFO | 56 | NINFO | [Jim_Reid] | NINFO/ninfo-completed-template | 2008-01-21 |
RKEY | 57 | RKEY | [Jim_Reid] | RKEY/rkey-completed-template | 2008-01-21 |
TALINK | 58 | Trust Anchor LINK | [Wouter_Wijngaards] | TALINK/talink-completed-template | 2010-02-17 |
CDS | 59 | Child DS | [RFC7344] | CDS/cds-completed-template | 2011-06-06 |
CDNSKEY | 60 | DNSKEY(s) the Child wants reflected in DS | [RFC7344] | 2014-06-16 | |
OPENPGPKEY | 61 | OpenPGP Key | [RFC7929] | OPENPGPKEY/openpgpkey-completed-template | 2014-08-12 |
CSYNC | 62 | Child-To-Parent Synchronization | [RFC7477] | 2015-01-27 | |
ZONEMD | 63 | Message Digest Over Zone Data | [RFC8976] | ZONEMD/zonemd-completed-template | 2018-12-12 |
SVCB | 64 | General-purpose service binding | [RFC9460] | SVCB/svcb-completed-template | 2020-06-30 |
HTTPS | 65 | SVCB-compatible type for use with HTTP | [RFC9460] | HTTPS/https-completed-template | 2020-06-30 |
Unassigned | 66-98 | ||||
SPF | 99 | [RFC7208] | |||
UINFO | 100 | [IANA-Reserved] | |||
UID | 101 | [IANA-Reserved] | |||
GID | 102 | [IANA-Reserved] | |||
UNSPEC | 103 | [IANA-Reserved] | |||
NID | 104 | [RFC6742] | ILNP/nid-completed-template | ||
L32 | 105 | [RFC6742] | ILNP/l32-completed-template | ||
L64 | 106 | [RFC6742] | ILNP/l64-completed-template | ||
LP | 107 | [RFC6742] | ILNP/lp-completed-template | ||
EUI48 | 108 | an EUI-48 address | [RFC7043] | EUI48/eui48-completed-template | 2013-03-27 |
EUI64 | 109 | an EUI-64 address | [RFC7043] | EUI64/eui64-completed-template | 2013-03-27 |
Unassigned | 110-248 | ||||
TKEY | 249 | Transaction Key | [RFC2930] | ||
TSIG | 250 | Transaction Signature | [RFC8945] | ||
IXFR | 251 | incremental transfer | [RFC1995] | ||
AXFR | 252 | transfer of an entire zone | RFC1035[RFC5936] | ||
MAILB | 253 | Mailbox-related RRs (MB, MG or MR) | RFC1035 | ||
MAILA | 254 | mail agent RRs (OBSOLETE - see MX) | RFC1035 | ||
* | 255 | A request for some or all records the server has available | RFC1035[RFC6895][RFC8482] | ||
URI | 256 | URI | [RFC7553] | URI/uri-completed-template | 2011-02-22 |
CAA | 257 | Certification Authority Restriction | [RFC8659] | CAA/caa-completed-template | 2011-04-07 |
AVC | 258 | Application Visibility and Control | [Wolfgang_Riedel] | AVC/avc-completed-template | 2016-02-26 |
DOA | 259 | Digital Object Architecture | [draft-durand-doa-over-dns] | DOA/doa-completed-template | 2017-08-30 |
AMTRELAY | 260 | Automatic Multicast Tunneling Relay | [RFC8777] | AMTRELAY/amtrelay-completed-template | 2019-02-06 |
RESINFO | 261 | Resolver Information as Key/Value Pairs | [draft-ietf-add-resolver-info-06] | RESINFO/resinfo-completed-template | 2023-11-02 |
Unassigned | 262-32767 | ||||
TA | 32768 | DNSSEC Trust Authorities | Sam_Weiler: Deploying DNSSEC Without a Signed Root. Technical Report 1999-19 , Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April 2004. | 2005-12-13 | |
DLV | 32769 | DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (OBSOLETE) | [RFC8749][RFC4431] | ||
Unassigned | 32770-65279 | ||||
Private use | 65280-65534 | ||||
Reserved | 65535 |