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Network protocols for dummies (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's nothing wrong with UDP. At least not that I know of.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2014/01/17/udp-based-amplification-attacks

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

thank God I can't read

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

You are unstoppable!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Didn't hear you there

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Not my problem.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not really a problem with UDP itself, but with some very old protocols like DNS that rely on UDP but can’t be changed because of compatibility. If you’re writing a new service that uses UDP, there’s nothing stopping you from designing it so that it doesn’t provide an opportunity for bandwidth amplification.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It’s technically not a bug if it’s operating as intended