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Why couldn't this be done over TCP instead of UDP?
by mey 16y ago
Why couldn't this be done over TCP instead of UDP?
- mburns 16y agoNo reason it couldn't, it is a matter of minimizing overhead.
- zacharypinter 16y agoMight be for NAT traversal, ala something like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP_hole_punching http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP_hole_punching One of the wiki pages (https://github.com/quartzjer/TeleHash/wiki/My-Understanding-of-the-TeleHash-Protocol https://github.com/quartzjer/TeleHash/wiki/My-Understanding-...) specifically talks about working with NAT: "Packets can continue to pass through NAT network devices like home routers"