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GIAC GCIA Exam - Topic 7 Question 68 Discussion

Actual exam question for GIAC's GCIA exam
Question #: 68
Topic #: 7
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John enters a URL http://www.cisco.com/web/learning in the web browser. A web page appears after he enters the URL. Which of the following protocols is used to resolve www.cisco.com into the correct IP address?

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Suggested Answer: A

by Alecia at Apr 08, 2025, 11:50 PM

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Noe
2 months ago
Yeah, DNS is the right answer, no doubt about it!
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Shala
2 months ago
Wait, isn't DHCP involved in assigning IPs too?
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Cecil
2 months ago
Agreed, DNS is the way to go!
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Noemi
3 months ago
It's definitely DNS that resolves domain names to IPs.
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Charisse
3 months ago
I thought ARP was for local network resolution, not DNS.
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Pamella
3 months ago
I keep mixing up DHCP and DNS. I think DHCP is for assigning IP addresses, but I’m not 100% sure.
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Coletta
3 months ago
I practiced a similar question where DNS was definitely the protocol for resolving URLs. I’m leaning towards that.
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Paz
4 months ago
I’m not entirely sure, but I remember something about SMTP being related to email, so it can’t be the right choice here.
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Annelle
4 months ago
I think the answer is DNS because it’s used for resolving domain names to IP addresses, right?
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Evangelina
4 months ago
This is a good test of our understanding of how the web works under the hood. I think the key here is to focus on the specific step of resolving the domain name to an IP address, which is the job of the DNS protocol. So I'm confident that A is the correct answer.
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Chantell
4 months ago
I'm a little confused by this question. I know there are different protocols involved in web browsing, like HTTP, TCP/IP, and so on. Is DNS the only one relevant here, or are there other factors I should be considering? I'll have to review my networking concepts before answering.
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Kristine
4 months ago
Okay, let me walk through this step-by-step. When you enter a URL in a web browser, the browser first needs to resolve the domain name (www.cisco.com) to an IP address. That's where DNS comes in, so I'm going with option A.
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Giuseppe
5 months ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this one. I know DNS is used for domain name resolution, but I'm not sure if that's the only protocol involved in the process of accessing a website. I'll have to think this through carefully.
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Lai
5 months ago
This seems like a straightforward networking question. I'm pretty confident the answer is DNS, since that's the protocol used to resolve domain names to IP addresses.
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Helga
9 months ago
Hmm, let me think... DNS, of course! Unless, of course, the answer is actually 42. You know, the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything.
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Mable
9 months ago
DNS all the way, baby! If it wasn't for that protocol, we'd be typing in IP addresses like it's the 90s. Ain't nobody got time for that!
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Ashton
8 months ago
User 3: Imagine having to remember all those IP addresses without DNS!
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Catherin
8 months ago
User 2: Yeah, DNS makes life so much easier.
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Glenna
9 months ago
User 1: DNS is the way to go!
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Annmarie
9 months ago
DHCP? Really? I thought that was for dynamic IP assignment, not domain name resolution. Someone needs to go back to Networking 101.
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Hester
8 months ago
No, SMTP is used for email communication, not for resolving domain names.
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Lorriane
8 months ago
B) SMTP
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Gail
9 months ago
Exactly, DNS is used to resolve domain names to IP addresses.
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Vallie
9 months ago
A) DNS
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Dong
9 months ago
Ah, the age-old question of how the internet works. I'll go with DNS on this one. It's the backbone of the web, you know.
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Odelia
8 months ago
User 3: Without DNS, we wouldn't be able to easily access websites by their names.
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Toshia
8 months ago
User 2: Yeah, DNS is like the phonebook of the internet.
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Cassi
9 months ago
User 1: I agree, DNS is definitely the right answer.
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Clare
10 months ago
I'm not sure, but I think it's A) DNS too. It makes sense that it would be used for resolving domain names.
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Mari
10 months ago
I agree with Julian. DNS is used to translate domain names like www.cisco.com into IP addresses.
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Evelynn
10 months ago
DNS, of course! That's the protocol responsible for mapping domain names to IP addresses. How else would the browser find the website?
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Devon
10 months ago
Without DNS, the browser wouldn't know where to find the website.
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Tamesha
10 months ago
DNS is definitely the protocol used for that.
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Julian
11 months ago
I think the correct answer is A) DNS because it resolves domain names to IP addresses.
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