Pergunta de entrevista da empresa Nutanix

Why doesn't DHCP use TCP?

Respostas da entrevista

Sigiloso

27 de mai. de 2018

It's a chicken egg issue. To use TCP the client needs a IP address. DHCP is used to give a client a IP address

Sigiloso

1 de fev. de 2019

DHCP uses a broadcast to locate the server. Broadcasts can only be sent via connection-less protocol like UDP. TCP is connection-oriented.

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