RFC 1956

RFC 1956: Registration in the MIL Domain 🎀

okay bestie, this one is a cute little policy doc from the Network Working Group 🧚

• Authors: D. Engebretson and R. Plzak (DoD NIC) 💅
• Category: Informational ✨
• Date: June 1996 🌸
• Obsoletes / Updates: nothing is listed in the title block, so it doesn't obsolete or update anything 🦋

Status of This Memo 🫶

this memo is giving "here's some info for the Internet community" 💜 it does not specify an Internet standard of any kind, so no official protocol drama here. distribution of this memo is unlimited, so share it with everyone 🌈

Introduction 💖

this RFC lays out the policy for registering second level domains under the ".MIL" domain. it's the rulebook for who gets a ".MIL" name and how they get it 🍓

Policy 📜

A. the ".MIL" domain is delegated from the root authority to the US Department of Defense (DoD), so DoD is the main character here 👑 only US military services, unified or specified commands, and operating agencies of the DoD that don't report through military service chains can be registered as a second level domain under ".MIL" 🫡 everyone else in DoD registers through their own second level domain administrators, using the registration procedures those offices set up 💅 and the ".MIL" domain itself is administered by the DoD Network Information Center (NIC) ✨

B. the domain names under ".MIL" should be descriptive of the organization they serve, so the name tells you who's behind it 🎀 the domain name length is preferred to be 12 characters or less, and must be unique. if duplicates pop up, it's first come, first serve 🏃‍♀️💨

C. each second level domain under ".MIL" will be supported by at least two name servers 🖥️ preferably these servers will be located in two separate networks, so you're not putting all your eggs in one basket 🧺 all DNS servers supporting subdomains of the ".MIL" domain must be in the ".MIL" domain. no outsourcing the DNS servers out of the family 🙈

D. prospective second level domain administrators in the ".MIL" domain will request registration using the template provided by the DoD NIC 📝 the templates are available via anonymous FTP or interactively via the DoD NIC World Wide Web Homepage 🦋 the domain request template shall be submitted to the DoD NIC hostmaster (hostmaster@nic.ddn.mil) 📬 and the DoD NIC hostmaster will only accept domain registration templates from registered ".MIL" users, so no crashing the party 🚫💀

Security Considerations 🔐

security issues are not discussed in this memo. 😭 this doc doesn't cover security at all, so please don't assume it does.

Authors' Addresses 🧚‍♀️

D.W. Engebretson
DISA/D343
11440 Isaac Newton Square
Reston, VA 22090

Phone: +1 703 735 8065
EMail:  engebred@ncr.disa.mil


Raymond Plzak
Department of Defense Network Information Center
14200 Parkridge Drive Suite 200
Chantilly, VA 22021

Phone: +1 800 365 3642
EMail: plzak@nic.ddn.mil