DNS Protocol
This page provides information on the DNS Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine. The protocol operates on TCP port 53 and UDP port 53, both officially registered with the IANA.
Protocol Description
The Domain Name System (DNS) translates human-readable computer names - for example, www.netify.ai - into numerical IP addresses required for networking.
Please see the protocol catalog page for information on other protocols detected by Netify DPI.
Protocol Details
- ID
- 5
- Full Name
- Domain Name System
- Abbreviation
- DNS
- Category Tag
- networking
- Category
- Networking
- Home Page
- DNS
- Introduced
- Version 2.88
Protocol Ports - RFC
- TCP 53
- Domain Name Server
- UDP 53
- Domain Name Server
Related Protocols
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