With a TXT resource record can be put down a freely definable text in a DNS zone.

Structure

Example

server1.example.com. 3600 IN TXT "“Hello World"” 

This is used e.g. for SPF entries - however there is meanwhile also a dedicated SPF record type, which already from some SPF implementations and of BIND starting from version 9.4 one supports.

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• DNS Resource Records
  DNS resource record RR types. ... SINK [Eastlake] OPT 41 OPT [RFC2671] APL 42 APL [RFC3123] SSHFP 44 SSH Key Fingerprint [RFC-ietf-secsh-dns-05.txt] RRSIG ...


• JEP-0156: A DNS TXT Resource Record Format for XMPP Connection Methods
  The following format for DNS TXT resource records is specified in RFC 1464: ... The following examples show three DNS TXT resource records: the first ...


• Net::DNS::RR::TXT - DNS TXT resource record - search.cpan.org
  DESCRIPTION ^. Class for DNS Text (TXT) resource records. ... For some applications of the TXT RR the semicolon is relevant, you will need to escape it on ...


• Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR::TXT - Resource Record Handler - search.cpan.org
  Net::DNS::ToolKit::RR:TXT appends an TXT resource record to a DNS packet under construction, recovers an TXT resource record from a packet being decoded, ...


• Network Working Group M. Mealling Request for Comments: 2915 ...
  Depending on the value of the flags field of the resource record, the resulting domain label or URI may be used in subsequent queries for the Naming ...


• Network Working Group O. Gudmundsson Request for Comments: 3658 ...
  Abstract The delegation signer (DS) resource record (RR) is inserted at a zone ... RFC 3090: Updates to section 1: Introduction Most of the text is still ...