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Re:DCCP: a new transport layer protocol which draws from TCP... by partycoder on Sunday January 01, 2017 @08:27AM (#13295661)
Network equipment will most likely not support it. Same as SCTP, so it is only workable if you get custom firmware.
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Re:DCCP: a new transport layer protocol which draws from TCP... by nomadlogic on Sunday January 01, 2017 @11:54AM (#13296260)
As another commenter mentions SCTP can be encapsulated if needed. SCTP is actually in pretty wide use in online gaming, and has been since at least 2007...
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Re:DCCP: a new transport layer protocol which draws from TCP... by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday January 01, 2017 @11:32AM (#13296198)
SCTP can be encapsulated in UDP.

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6951

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