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<reference anchor='RFC1464'>

<front>
<title abbrev='Storing Arbitrary Attributes in DNS'>Using the Domain Name System To Store Arbitrary String Attributes</title>
<author initials='R.' surname='Rosenbaum' fullname='Rich Rosenbaum'>
<organization>Digital Equipment Corporation</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>550 King Street</street>
<street>LKG2-2/Z7</street>
<city>Littleton</city>
<region>MA</region>
<code>01460-1289</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 508 486 5922</phone>
<email>rosenbaum@lkg.dec.com</email></address></author>
<date month='May' year='1993' />
<abstract>
<t>While the Domain Name System (DNS),is generally used to store predefined types of information (e.g., addresses of hosts), it is possible to use it to store information that has not been previously classified.</t>
<t>This paper describes a simple means to associate arbitrary string information (ASCII text) with attributes that have not been defined by the DNS.  It uses DNS TXT resource records to store the information.  It requires no change to current DNS implementations.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1464' />
</reference>
