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Re: [cobalt-users] Port 53



"andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Should port 53 be open on the raq2/3 ? What is it being used for???

UDP port 53 is used for normal DNS queries.

TCP port 53 is used for DNS zonetransfers, and also when a query is
too large to be performed using UDP (i.e. when a truncated UDP packet
has been sent)
 

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