Michael O'Keefe wrote:
Becoz a UDP packet is not "complete" unless it has all the payload.
If a UDP packet arrives, and the length says 10-octets, but there were
only 9, throw the packet away
No. UDP does not *require* that the packet be thrown away if it does
not match checksum or length. Lots of implementations do that, but it
is not required.
In fact, it would sometimes be better if UDP did *not* necessarily throw
the packet out. Streaming audio and video have their own error
correction that could make use of partial information.
TCP as used for things like streaming is an absolutely *wretched*
protocol match. TCP requires perfection when the overarching
application may not need it.
-a
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