UDP vs TCP - Hackdot

Re:UDP vs TCP by aakilfernandes on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @07:34PM (#13274884)

Another important difference: UDP can't be used in the browser =(

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Re:UDP vs TCP by rdw on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @07:45PM (#13274930)

WebRTC is UDP. It's not easy, but it's there!

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Re:UDP vs TCP by foota on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @08:05PM (#13275001)

nitpick: It can be either

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Re:UDP vs TCP by arkitectual on Thursday December 29, 2016 @12:09AM (#13275737)

It is possible to use only one or the other.

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Re:UDP vs TCP by oszione on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @07:42PM (#13274918)

With the exception of the QUIC protocol.

* TLS over 443/udp

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Re:UDP vs TCP by simplehuman on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @08:05PM (#13275000)

Well, neither can TCP.

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Re:UDP vs TCP by jensvdh on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @10:32PM (#13275466)

HTTP is built on top of TCP.

Websockets are TCP connections.

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Re:UDP vs TCP by simplehuman on Thursday December 29, 2016 @10:23AM (#13277723)

So? TCP cannot be used directly in the browser by applications authors. It's an abstraction.

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Re:UDP vs TCP by semicolon_storm on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @07:47PM (#13274935)

Couldn't you potentially use something like WebRTC to get UDP functionality in the browser?

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