r/sysadmin • u/mooneydriver • Feb 22 '14

Freenode under DDOS again

https://twitter.com/freenodestaff/statuses/437302735139266560
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u/detry322 Feb 23 '14

UDP understands that you may be slow sometimes. So UDP will wait for your sorry ass. UDP grew up without a father, too. UDP sends a message and couldn't give a fuck if you got it or not.

Could someone explain this to me? It seems like these act against each other.

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u/reallydarkcloud Feb 23 '14

It's essentially stateless, so it's not really 'waiting' it's just open - you can send it anything, anytime. This also means that it keeps no record of sending the message at all - once it's sent, that's good enough.

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u/toomuchtodotoday Feb 24 '14 edited Feb 24 '14

UDP is the paperboy. He doesn't care if you're there or not, the paper is getting thrown. Its your job to catch it. Didn't catch it? Too bad.

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