Does BIND use TCP protocol?

Joseph S D Yao jsdy at cospo.osis.gov
Fri Nov 5 00:10:16 UTC 1999


> So...  does BIND really use TCP for DNS traffic, and if so, what does 
> it use that protocol for?

In your situation, it would be used if a UDP packet can't contain the
whole answer to a query.

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