DNS UDP or TCP?

Kevin Darcy kcd at daimlerchrysler.com
Wed Sep 26 23:48:16 UTC 2001


Chris Parker wrote:

> Are DNS queries UDP or TCP?

  Yes :-)

Seriously, they can be either UDP or TCP, although in practice most
queries are UDP. You should be prepared to deal with both protocols.


- Kevin



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