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

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