Question

zone information protocol is used for

Answer 1

DNS systems communicate with each other to transfer zone information or to make single hostname queries. User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is usually used for queries because of its connectionless nature. The reliability of TCP is used for zone transfers between a secondary and a primary DNS.

Answer 2

Zone information Protocol is used for sending requests for zone information to a router node.

The nodes should not be routers otherwise the process cannot be implemented.

The router mainly uses AppleTalk Transaction Protocol (ATP) for sending the requests.

ATP is Apple’s original local area network that follows the architecture of Macintosh.