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432RebootIs it safe to turn on secure boot?
Secure Boot is a valuable security feature that can help to protect your system from malware. By only allowing signed software to...
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588WindowsDoes Windows 11 really need secure boot?
While the requirement to upgrade a Windows 10 device to Windows 11 is only that the PC be Secure Boot capable by...
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482MobileWhat is a UDP protocol?
User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is a communications protocol that is primarily used to establish low-latency and loss-tolerating connections between applications on the...
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390ServersIs IPv4 a protocol?
Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) is the fourth version of the Internet Protocol (IP). It is one of the core protocols of...
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393RebootIs port 53 UDP or TCP?
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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393MobileWhat protocol does DHCP use?
The DHCP employs a connectionless service model, using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). It is implemented with two UDP port numbers for...
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374MobileWhy is DNS UDP?
DNS uses the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) on port 53 to serve DNS queries. UDP is preferred because it is fast and...
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344WheelWhy does DNS use UDP instead of TCP?
DNS requests are very tiny, so they have no problems fitting into the UDP segments. It doesn’t use a time-consuming three-way hand-shake...
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412BufferingWhat DNS protocol uses TLS?
DNS over TLS, or DoT, is a standard for encrypting DNS queries to keep them secure and private. DoT uses the same...
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437BufferingWhy is DNS considered an application layer protocol?
Protocols at the Physical, Data-Link, Network, or Transport layers do not use names. Only applications need to use names, so DNS is...