INFORMATIONAL

Network Working Group J. Postel Request for Comments: 1591 ISI Category: Informational March 1994 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation Status of this Memo This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. 1 . Introduction 2 . The Top Level Structure of the Domain Names RFC 1480 [1]. Postel [Page 1]

RFC 1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation March 1994 Postel [Page 2]

RFC 1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation March 1994 RFC 1480 for details [1]). To find a contact for a TLD use the "whois" program to access the database on the host rs.internic.net. Append "-dom" to the name of TLD you are interested in. For example: whois -h rs.internic.net us-dom or whois -h rs.internic.net edu-dom 3 . The Administration of Delegated Domains Postel [Page 3]

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RFC 1591 Domain Name System Structure and Delegation March 1994 4 . Rights to Names Postel [Page 6]