For example, where one may use UDP to avoid TCP retransmission after errors, if the entire data must be faultlessly delivered to the application, one needs to actually understand the application. If ...

Users told to switch protocols or delay installation while Redmond investigates Microsoft has admitted to yet another issue ...

Software implementations of UDP-based application protocols DNS, NTP, TFTP, Echo (RFC862), Chargen (RFC864), and QOTD (RFC865) were specifically found to be vulnerable to such network loops.

TCP is considered the "reliable" protocol because it is connection oriented. But if it's so reliable, why do avionics systems like AFDX use UDP?

UDP’s (and QUIC’s) counterpart in the protocol world is basically TCP (which in combination with the Internet Protocol (IP) makes up the core communication language of the Internet).

SSDP is a protocol that UPnP devices use to share data using User Datagram Protocol (an alternative Transmission Control Protocol) on port 1900.

The now little-used FTP protocol uses ports 21 and 20. TCP and UDP are lower-level packet protocols whereas HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, and others are higher-level protocols.

Today, as dictated by internet standards, all DNS servers support receiving and answering DNS queries via UDP, but not all support DNS queries via TCP. A 2017 statistic showed that only 3% of all ...

For example, where one may use UDP to avoid TCP retransmission after errors, if the entire data must be faultlessly delivered to the application, one needs to actually understand the application. If ...