Generally TCP is reliable and UDP is not
reliable. DNS which has to be reliable uses
UDP because
a. UDP is slower
b. DNS servers has to keep connections
c. DNS requests are generally very
small and fit well within UDP
segments
d. None of these

1 Answer

Answer :

c. DNS requests are generally very
small and fit well within UDP
segments

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