RP (responsible person) resource record
RP identifies the name (or group name) of the
responsible person(s) for a host. This information is useful in
troubleshooting problems over the network. Here is an example:
owner {ttl} addr-class RP mbox-domain-name TXT-domain-name dave IN RP dave.mynet.COM sysadmins.mynet.COM
The ``mbox-domain-name'' field contains the mailbox address for the responsible person. The address is specified following the standard DNS convention, with the mailbox name prepended to the domain name. A period (.) indicates that no mailbox is available.
The ``TXT-domain-name'' field indicates a domain in which TXT records exist. Subsequent searches can retrieve the records from the TXT domain. In the example, sysadmins.mynet.COM is the name of a TXT record that might contain the names and phone numbers of system administrators.
The RP record is class-insensitive, and multiple records for a single name may appear in the database. If multiple records exist, they should have identical TTL's.
Not all name servers implement or recognize the RP record
at this time.