Does DNS use TCP or UDP or both?

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Does DNS use TCP or UDP or both?..

Answer / halon330

Sathyender, you are an idiot. You can transfer any size of
data using udp. TFTP is UDP and can send GB's of data.
UDP is used where speed is more important than reliability.

DNS name lookups use UDP. Other feature involved in DNS
can use TCP.

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Does DNS use TCP or UDP or both?..

Answer / muhammad kamran

Question no 4 is correct but this information not right
(TFTP is UDP and can send GB's of data.) TFTP support only
32 MB data. if you want to transfer data over 32 MB its
will be give you error file is toooooooo large.

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