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by lxgr 252 days ago
> Trying to use anything that is not TCP or UDP simply doesnt work here.

Good news, then: QUIC uses UDP.

> As for as QUIC support? Never gonna happen here.

So generic UDP is allowed, but QUIC is specifically detected and filtered? That would be bizarre.

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I have also had to deal with UDP getting blocked by a middle box before. It is rare now across the internet but you never know what intranet grey beards can do.

And UDP hole punching is a crutch for the fact that we still use IPv4.