{"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":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"9","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"INDEPENDENT","abstract":"This document suggests a method of using DNS to determine the network\r\nthat contains a specified IP address, the netmask of that network,\r\nand the address(es) of first-hop routers(s) on that network.  This\r\nmethod supports variable-length subnet masks, delegation of subnets\r\non non-octet boundaries, and multiple routers per subnet.  This memo provides information for the Internet community.","pub_date":"August 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}