A special-use domain name is a domain name that is defined and reserved in the hierarchy of the Domain Name System of the Internet for special purposes. The designation of a reserved special-use domain is authorized by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and executed, maintained, and published by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).[1]
- ^ RFC 6761, S. Chesire, M. Krochmal, Special-Use Domain Names, IETF (February 2013)