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by hknmtt 969 days ago
why would i care about udp when i run only tcp?
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If I saturate your uplink with UDP, none of your TCP is going to get through. Before you have a chance to drop it at your firewall. You have to get your ISP to do that for you, and hope there isn't too much traffic for their uplink.