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UDP stands for User Datagram Protocol. With UDP applications can send messages (datagrams) to other hosts on a network without requiring prior communications to set up special transmission channels or data paths.

Because UDP doesn't rely on handshaking to guarantee that packets arrive and in order it can be seen as an unreliable protocol, but for real time systems where acting on the data immediately is the most important consideration not having to wait for delayed packets is a distinct advantage.

UDP is just one communications protocol on the web. Others include:

  • Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
  • Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
  • Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
  • Post Office Protocol (POP3)
  • File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
  • Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP)

UDP on Wikipedia

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Would UDP over VPN eliminate packet loss?

I am receiving a MPTS UDP stream from a remote location and I am experiencing packet loss. I would like to know if there's any way to eliminate this packet loss while still using the UDP protocol? I thought of using UDP over VPN. Is this even…
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How can I log and maybe even block IPs that send lots of incoming UDP traffic?

we run a voice / teamspeak server which receives legitmate traffic on port 9987 from many ips. Sometimes we get DDoSed. So people use single Servers and send 1-3 Gbits of UDP Floods to that port. This intereferes with our application. I would like…
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How to turn a UDP feed on and off?

I have a linux application that is sending a stream of UDP packets to a particular ip and port. I need a way of suppressing this packet stream so the packets never reach the network, with the ability to toggle it on and off, without affecting the…
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NAGIOS host availability test for host that can't be PINGed, won't talk to me, but can be traceroute'd

Part of my network estate has a fairly important dependency on a host whose availability is difficult to check. I have a number of hosts behind it, and my NAGIOS VPS provider occasionally has routing problems that cut off the provider where all…
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lots of UDP_IN Blocked errors

Since I have reinstalled my OS, I'm getting lots of UDP_IN Blocked errors in my messages log. Can anyone kindly explain what the error say exactly and what I can do to get rid of this error. Aug 8 22:02:19 server kernel: Firewall: *UDP_IN Blocked*…
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UDP Packet drop?

Multicast packet got drop between the server, multicast work on udp which unreliable so drop packet is expected Question: is their a way or utility available to capture udp packet at os kernel level ?
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forward snmptraps with snmptrapd to second host

I have a setup with snmptrapd listening on udp:162 to receive snmp traps. They are then processed on this host with snmptt. I am now in the need that I need to forward those traps additionally to another host, but also process them with snmptrapd…
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What is the maximum number of characters in a service name?

In TCP/IP, a service name (like http or smtp) is an alias name for the port number. What is the maximum number of characters that can be used in a service name?
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Suspect UDP traffic on lo interface

I'm monitoring the lo interface with iptraf and am getting a lot of movement in the following form: UDP (268 bytes) from 127.0.0.1:49254 to 127.0.0.1:49254 on lo This message appears on average every 1-1.5 seconds. I have tried to search the…
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amazon ec2 does not seem to accept udp data

Am using ffmpeg to receive data on udp protocol on Amazon ec2 e.g. #> ffmpeg -i udp://0.0.0.0:2013 -f flv http://0.0.0.0:8090/live.ffm but there does not seem to be any packets received. for test purposes, am trying to send data from local pc via…
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UDP packet loss on Netgear GS110TP

I'm trying to flow data via UDP on two ports of a Netgear GS110TP switch, running the latest available firmware (5.4.2.9). However, I'm experiencing a small amount of packet loss, something like 0.2%. This is impacting my application, which needs…
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Can heavy UDP traffic create network congestion?

I have three IP addresses using the same gateway. Two of them are configured as a cluster with multicast address setup. If there is a heavy UDP traffic between those two, can that affect the network on the third IP address ?
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unicast traffic on windows server

I have three servers with IP addresses (10.15.23.23, 10.15.23.24, 10.15.23.25). Server 1 and Server 2 have Tomcat installed and are configured as a cluster listening on a multicast IP address (237.24.2.100). I'm seeing UDP traffic between servers 1…
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LAN has two entry points - how to manage traffic

I asked this question yesterday when I (seemingly) couldn't get traffic across my router. I've spent a lot of time since then with packet capturing, the ASA 5505 cli/ASDM and wireshark. I've finally realised that my issue is that there are two…
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Is multicast appropriate for sending a copy of a video chat to a server?

I am creating a p2p video chat app using the libjingle/WebRTC code. I would like to collect a copy of these video conversations on our server for users to watch later - but I don't want to suck up too much of the user's bandwidth. Is multicast…
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