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TCP is only one of the transport layer protocols. There are 17 transport layer protocols listed in [1], including TCP. It was never designed to be the all appl
by justicezyx 6y ago
TCP is only one of the transport layer protocols. There are 17 transport layer protocols listed in [1], including TCP.
It was never designed to be the all applicable universal transport protocol either. Or it was, but sane people realize that time window when TCP could be deemed universal is very short.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_layer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_layer