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Re: Why TCP is more secure than UDP?


From: webmaster () dijeridu net
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 09:11:15 +0200 (CEST)

TCP (Transmission Control) has the ability to actually control the
packet-flow.
It guaranties that the requested data will arrive at targethost.
UDP is not that reliable and i think in most cases "secure" means reliable.
On the other-hand it is easier to spoof some uncontrolled packet-flow with
now state-validation and all those tcp options.
Have a closer look at this comparison:
http://www.skullbox.net/tcpudp.php

Cheers,
Florian Osses



It is said that UDP is considered more vulnerable to spoofing than TCP?

Can anyone point me to any document/link which describes TCP is more
secure than UDP




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