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February 2003
slideset 1 -9
DNS Features: Reliability
nData is replicated
uData from master is copied to multiple slaves

nClients can query
uMaster server
uAny of the copies at slave servers

nClients will typically query local caches

nDNS protocols can use either UDP or TCP
uIf UDP, DNS protocol handles retransmission, sequencing, etc.