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<reference anchor='RFC1876'>

<front>
<title abbrev='Location Information in the DNS'>A Means for Expressing Location Information in the Domain Name System</title>
<author initials='C.' surname='Davis' fullname='Christopher Davis'>
<organization>Kapor Enterprises, Inc.</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>238 Main Street</street>
<street>Suite 400</street>
<city>Cambridge</city>
<region>MA</region>
<code>02142</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 617 576 4532</phone>
<email>ckd@kei.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='P.' surname='Vixie' fullname='Paul Vixie'>
<organization>Vixie Enterprises</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>Star Route Box 159A</street>
<city>Woodside</city>
<region>CA</region>
<code>94062</code>
<country>US</country></postal>
<phone>+1 415 747 0204</phone>
<email>paul@vix.com</email></address></author>
<author initials='T.' surname='Goodwin' fullname='Tim Goodwin'>
<organization>Public IP Exchange Ltd (PIPEX)</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>216 The Science Park</street>
<city>Cambridge</city>
<region>England</region>
<code>CB4 4WA</code>
<country>UK</country></postal>
<phone>+44 1223 250250</phone>
<email>tim@pipex.net</email></address></author>
<author initials='I.' surname='Dickinson' fullname='Ian Dickinson'>
<organization>FORE Systems</organization>
<address>
<postal>
<street>2475 The Crescent</street>
<street>Solihull Parkway</street>
<city>Birmingham Business Park</city>
<region>England</region>
<code>B37 7YE</code>
<country>UK</country></postal>
<phone>+44 121 7174444</phone>
<email>idickins@fore.co.uk</email></address></author>
<date month='January' year='1996' />
<abstract>
<t>This memo defines a new DNS RR type for experimental purposes.  This RFC describes a mechanism to allow the DNS to carry location information about hosts, networks, and subnets.  Such information for a small subset of hosts is currently contained in the flat-file UUCP maps.  However, just as the DNS replaced the use of HOSTS.TXT to carry host and network address information, it is possible to replace the UUCP maps as carriers of location information.</t>
<t>This RFC defines the format of a new Resource Record (RR) for the Domain Name System (DNS), and reserves a corresponding DNS type mnemonic (LOC) and numerical code (29).</t>
<t>This RFC assumes that the reader is familiar with the DNS,.  The data shown in our examples is for pedagogical use and does not necessarily reflect the real Internet.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1876' />
</reference>
