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Primary sources archived for citation integrity and permanence.

Government documents, military standards, and Internet-Drafts are vulnerable to link rot. We archive every primary source we cite so our findings remain independently verifiable regardless of upstream availability.

Archival Policy

Every factual claim in DNS Tool traces to a primary source. Where possible, we archive the original document to protect against link rot, domain changes, and access restrictions. IETF Internet-Drafts are captured via Zotero RDF before they expire or advance to RFC. Government PDFs are archived when the originating agency gates access or restructures URLs.

Military Standards & Vision Science

These sources underpin DNS Tool's covert mode — a scotopic-preserving red interface built on real vision science, not aesthetics.

MIL-STD-1472G 2012
Human Engineering Design Criteria for Military Systems

Agency: U.S. Department of Defense

Defines human factors requirements including lighting, color usage, and display design for military equipment. Section 5.13 specifies red lighting for dark-adaptation preservation.

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Minimal Red Light Levels on Board Submarines 1960
NMRL Memorandum Report 60-2 — DTIC Accession AD0639176

Author: Forrest L. Dimmick, Ph.D. — Naval Medical Research Laboratory

Determined specific limiting brightness values for red lighting in submarine compartments, balancing visual acuity with scotopic preservation. The foundational study establishing red light specifications for the U.S. Navy submarine fleet.

The Relative Effectiveness of Red and White Light for Subsequent Dark-Adaptation 1984
NSMRL Report No. 1036 — DTIC Accession ADA148883

Authors: S. M. Luria, Ph.D. & David A. Kobus, LT, MSC, USNR — Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

Comprehensive literature review concluding that while red light is superior to white for dark-adaptation, the advantage decreases at low ambient levels typical of submarine compartments. Recommends low-level white light as preferable to red for general nighttime illumination.

Intelligence Community Directives

DNS Tool's confidence scoring engine (ICAE/ICuAE) is inspired by the analytic standards in ICD 203.

ICD 203 — Analytic Standards 2015 (amended)
Intelligence Community Directive 203

Agency: Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)

Establishes the analytic tradecraft standards used across all 18 U.S. intelligence agencies. Defines the confidence taxonomy (Low / Moderate / High) and sourcing requirements that DNS Tool adapts for DNS security assessment.

Tradecraft Standards and Analytic Objectivity 2021
Military Review — Professional Journal of the U.S. Army

Authors: MAJ Hyoungseop Kwoun & David Schmor

Examines how ICD 203 analytic standards apply beyond intelligence agencies, including structured analytic techniques and confidence calibration. Directly relevant to DNS Tool's adaptation of IC methodology for technical assessment.

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FBI Internet Crime Reports

Loss figures cited in DNS Tool's threat context come from FBI IC3 annual reports.

2024 Internet Crime Report Published 2025
FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

$16.6 billion in total reported losses. Investment fraud overtook BEC as the costliest category at $6.57B. BEC remained second at $2.77B. DNS Tool cites these figures in threat context for email authentication findings.

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2023 Internet Crime Report Published 2024
FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

$12.5 billion in total reported losses. BEC losses at $2.9B. Prior-year baseline for trend analysis.

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2023 Cryptocurrency Fraud Report Published 2024
FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

Supplemental report on cryptocurrency-related cybercrime. Covers investment fraud, romance scams, and crypto-enabled BEC schemes.

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IETF Internet-Drafts (Zotero Archived)

Internet-Drafts expire after 6 months. We capture metadata via Zotero RDF export to preserve citation provenance even if drafts expire or advance to RFC.

BIMI — Brand Indicators for Message Identification Work in Progress
draft-brand-indicators-for-message-identification-12

Authors: Blank, Goldstein, Loder, Zink, Bradshaw, Brotman, Chuang

Permits domain owners to coordinate with mail clients to display brand-specific indicators next to authenticated messages. Requires DMARC enforcement at p=quarantine or p=reject.

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DMARCbis — Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance Work in Progress
draft-ietf-dmarc-dmarcbis-41

Authors: Herr, Levine

The successor to RFC 7489. Moves DMARC to Internet Standard, updates alignment rules, and refines aggregate reporting. DNS Tool tracks this draft's evolution for policy guidance.

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AI Usage Preferences — Expressing AI Agent Preferences in robots.txt Work in Progress
draft-ietf-aipref-attach-04

Authors: Illyes, Thomson

Proposes a standard mechanism for website operators to express preferences about AI agent crawling and content usage. DNS Tool implements this draft in its own robots.txt.

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PQC DNSSEC Strategy — Post-Quantum Cryptography for DNSSEC Work in Progress
draft-sheth-pqc-dnssec-strategy-00

Authors: Sheth, Chung, Overeinder

Explores strategies for transitioning DNSSEC to post-quantum cryptographic algorithms. Relevant to DNS Tool's forward-looking assessment of DNSSEC signature validity.

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