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UDP

User Datagram Protocol

  • Source Port
  • Destination Port
  • Length
  • Checksum

  • Unreliable

  • streaming
  • low latency
  • real-time
  • voices, videos

  • Connection-less protocol

- The smarts are in the applications

DNS is mostly UDP Port 53, but as time progresses, DNS will rely on TCP Port 53 more heavily.