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Re:HTTP/3 Is Fast by salawat on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @09:52AM (#29566685)
It does not run on UDP. It provides a UDP like best-effort transmission mode though, while also optionally allowing for interweaving reliable connection features.

If SCTP really ran on UDP. I'd have no reason to be salty, because we'd already be using it.

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Re:HTTP/3 Is Fast by Dylan16807 on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @03:28PM (#29571209)
RFC 6951. It can run over UDP if you want it to, with a clear guide for how to do it.

> I'd have no reason to be salty, because we'd already be using it.

Direct OS support is a big deal, and UDP gets messed with too. If someone made SCTP-over-UDP the default mode, while changing nothing else, I don't think it would affect adoption at all.

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