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<reference anchor='RFC1996'>

<front>
<title>A Mechanism for Prompt Notification of Zone Changes (DNS NOTIFY)</title>
<author initials='P.' surname='Vixie' fullname='Paul Vixie'>
<organization>Internet Software Consortium</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>
<date month='August' year='1996' />
<abstract>
<t>This memo describes the NOTIFY opcode for DNS, by which a master server advises a set of slave servers that the master's data has been changed and that a query should be initiated to discover the new data.</t></abstract></front>

<seriesInfo name='RFC' value='1996' />
</reference>
