https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc864.html https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc864.html > UDP Based Character Generator Service > When a datagram is received, a

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc864.html https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc864.html > UDP Based Character Generator Service > When a datagram is received, an answering datagram is sent containing a random number (between 0 and 512) of characters (the data in the received datagram is ignored). > The service only send one datagram in response to each received datagram, so there is no concern about the service sending data faster than the user can process it. Oof... Yeah apparently the idea that the "user" might not be the real sender wasn't yet well-known. Simpler times indeed.