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List of DNS Record Types

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Dns Domain
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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 #

TYPEValueMeaningReferenceTemplateRegistration Date
Reserved0RFC68952021-03-08
A1A host addressRFC1035
NS2An authoritative name serverRFC1035
MD3A mail destination (OBSOLETE - use MX)RFC1035
MF4A mail forwarder (OBSOLETE - use MX)RFC1035
CNAME5the canonical name for an aliasRFC1035
SOA6marks the start of a zone of authorityRFC1035
MB7a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)RFC1035
MG8a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL)RFC1035
MR9a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)RFC1035
NULL10a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL)RFC1035
WKS11a well known service descriptionRFC1035
PTR12a domain name pointerRFC1035
HINFO13host informationRFC1035
MINFO14mailbox or mail list informationRFC1035
MX15mail exchangeRFC1035
TXT16text stringsRFC1035
RP17for Responsible PersonRFC1183
AFSDB18for AFS Data Base locationRFC1183, RFC5864
X2519for X.25 PSDN addressRFC1183
ISDN20for ISDN addressRFC1183
RT21for Route ThroughRFC1183
NSAP22For NSAP address, NSAP style A record (DEPRECATED)RFC1706 [status-change-int-tlds-to-historic]
NSAP-PTR23For domain name pointer, NSAP style (DEPRECATED)RFC1706 [status-change-int-tlds-to-historic]
SIG24for security signatureRFC2536 [RFC2931] [RFC3110] [RFC4034]
KEY25for security keyRFC2536 [RFC2539] [RFC3110] [RFC4034]
PX26X.400 mail mapping information[RFC2163]
GPOS27Geographical Position[RFC1712]
AAAA28IP6 Address[RFC3596]
LOC29Location Information[RFC1876]
NXT30Next Domain (OBSOLETE)[RFC2535][RFC3755]
EID31Endpoint Identifier[Michael_Patton][http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/dns.txt]1995-06
NIMLOC32Nimrod Locator[1][Michael_Patton][http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/nimrod/dns.txt]1995-06
SRV33Server Selection[1][RFC2782]
ATMA34ATM AddressATM Forum Technical Committee, “ATM Name System, V2.0”, Doc ID: AF-DANS-0152.000, July 2000. Available from and held in escrow by IANA.
NAPTR35Naming Authority Pointer[RFC3403]
KX36Key Exchanger[RFC2230]
CERT37CERT[RFC4398]
A638A6 (OBSOLETE - use AAAA)[RFC2874][RFC3226][RFC6563]
DNAME39DNAME[RFC6672]
SINK40SINK[Donald_E_Eastlake][draft-eastlake-kitchen-sink]1997-11
OPT41OPT[RFC3225][RFC6891]
APL42APL[RFC3123]
DS43Delegation Signer[RFC4034]
SSHFP44SSH Key Fingerprint[RFC4255]
IPSECKEY45IPSECKEY[RFC4025]
RRSIG46RRSIG[RFC4034]
NSEC47NSEC[RFC4034][RFC9077]
DNSKEY48DNSKEY[RFC4034]
DHCID49DHCID[RFC4701]
NSEC350NSEC3[RFC5155][RFC9077]
NSEC3PARAM51NSEC3PARAM[RFC5155]
TLSA52TLSA[RFC6698]
SMIMEA53S/MIME cert association[RFC8162]SMIMEA/smimea-completed-template2015-12-01
Unassigned54
HIP55Host Identity Protocol[RFC8005]
NINFO56NINFO[Jim_Reid]NINFO/ninfo-completed-template2008-01-21
RKEY57RKEY[Jim_Reid]RKEY/rkey-completed-template2008-01-21
TALINK58Trust Anchor LINK[Wouter_Wijngaards]TALINK/talink-completed-template2010-02-17
CDS59Child DS[RFC7344]CDS/cds-completed-template2011-06-06
CDNSKEY60DNSKEY(s) the Child wants reflected in DS[RFC7344]2014-06-16
OPENPGPKEY61OpenPGP Key[RFC7929]OPENPGPKEY/openpgpkey-completed-template2014-08-12
CSYNC62Child-To-Parent Synchronization[RFC7477]2015-01-27
ZONEMD63Message Digest Over Zone Data[RFC8976]ZONEMD/zonemd-completed-template2018-12-12
SVCB64General-purpose service binding[RFC9460]SVCB/svcb-completed-template2020-06-30
HTTPS65SVCB-compatible type for use with HTTP[RFC9460]HTTPS/https-completed-template2020-06-30
Unassigned66-98
SPF99[RFC7208]
UINFO100[IANA-Reserved]
UID101[IANA-Reserved]
GID102[IANA-Reserved]
UNSPEC103[IANA-Reserved]
NID104[RFC6742]ILNP/nid-completed-template
L32105[RFC6742]ILNP/l32-completed-template
L64106[RFC6742]ILNP/l64-completed-template
LP107[RFC6742]ILNP/lp-completed-template
EUI48108an EUI-48 address[RFC7043]EUI48/eui48-completed-template2013-03-27
EUI64109an EUI-64 address[RFC7043]EUI64/eui64-completed-template2013-03-27
Unassigned110-248
TKEY249Transaction Key[RFC2930]
TSIG250Transaction Signature[RFC8945]
IXFR251incremental transfer[RFC1995]
AXFR252transfer of an entire zoneRFC1035[RFC5936]
MAILB253Mailbox-related RRs (MB, MG or MR)RFC1035
MAILA254mail agent RRs (OBSOLETE - see MX)RFC1035
*255A request for some or all records the server has availableRFC1035[RFC6895][RFC8482]
URI256URI[RFC7553]URI/uri-completed-template2011-02-22
CAA257Certification Authority Restriction[RFC8659]CAA/caa-completed-template2011-04-07
AVC258Application Visibility and Control[Wolfgang_Riedel]AVC/avc-completed-template2016-02-26
DOA259Digital Object Architecture[draft-durand-doa-over-dns]DOA/doa-completed-template2017-08-30
AMTRELAY260Automatic Multicast Tunneling Relay[RFC8777]AMTRELAY/amtrelay-completed-template2019-02-06
RESINFO261Resolver Information as Key/Value Pairs[draft-ietf-add-resolver-info-06]RESINFO/resinfo-completed-template2023-11-02
Unassigned262-32767
TA32768DNSSEC Trust AuthoritiesSam_Weiler: Deploying DNSSEC Without a Signed Root. Technical Report 1999-19 , Information Networking Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, April 2004.2005-12-13
DLV32769DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (OBSOLETE)[RFC8749][RFC4431]
Unassigned32770-65279
Private use65280-65534
Reserved65535