{
  "draft": "draft-warnicke-network-dns-resolution-05",
  "doc_id": "RFC4183",
  "title": "A Suggested Scheme for DNS Resolution of Networks and Gateways",
  "authors": [
    "E. Warnicke"
  ],
  "format": [
    "TEXT",
    "HTML"
  ],
  "page_count": "9",
  "pub_status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "status": "INFORMATIONAL",
  "source": "INDEPENDENT",
  "abstract": "This document suggests a method of using DNS to determine the network that contains a specified IP address, the netmask of that network, and the address(es) of first-hop routers(s) on that network.  This method supports variable-length subnet masks, delegation of subnets on non-octet boundaries, and multiple routers per subnet.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.",
  "pub_date": "September 2005",
  "keywords": [
    "domain name space",
    "ip address",
    "internet protocol address",
    "netmask",
    "first-hop router",
    "subnet"
  ],
  "obsoletes": [],
  "obsoleted_by": [],
  "updates": [],
  "updated_by": [],
  "see_also": [],
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC4183",
  "errata_url": null
}