TCP/UDP for queries in BIND

Barry Margolin barmar at genuity.net
Wed Aug 8 14:52:14 UTC 2001


In article <9kpq11$qr at pub3.rc.vix.com>,
Kevin Darcy  <kcd at daimlerchrysler.com> wrote:
>If you're talking about queries sent from a stub resolver to a nameserver,
>then it's up to the resolver whether it uses TCP or UDP. This really has
>nothing to do with BIND.

BIND consists of both a resolver and a server.  Most Unix systems'
resolvers are derived from the BIND resolver.

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