Hey there, umm, buddy



Which of these port numbers should you enable on your firewall to allow name resolutions to work properly?

A) udp/53

B) tcp/80

C) udp/110

D) tcp/3389

E) tcp/25

F) I can’t remember names anyway


The answer: A) udp/53

DNS (Domain Name System) lookups are commonly sent over UDP port 53.

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