Originally Posted by
spelger
TCP is designed to be reliable, that does not mean UDP was designed with the opposite in mind. but you are right, applications are to accept that fact and deal with missing frames. and the problem with this type of missing frame is that it might have gotten lost way before it even got to your router/computer. heck, the source of it may not even have sent it.
I just knew that that word ‘unreliable’ was going to get me in trouble!