COMPUTER NETWORKING

TRANSPORT LAYER

TRANSMISSION CONTROL PROTOCOL TCP

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following protocols uses both TCP and UDP?
A
FTP
B
SMTP
C
TELNET
D
DNS
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Application layer protocol DNS uses TCP and UDP both at the transport layer.

Detailed explanation-2: -Which of the following functions is performed by both TCP and UDP? C (Multiplexing using port numbers) . TCP, not UDP, performs windowing, error recovery, and ordered data transfer.

Detailed explanation-3: -The answer is DNS is mostly UDP Port 53, but as time progresses, DNS will rely on TCP Port 53 more heavily.

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