Are both UDP and IP unreliable to the same degree? Why or
why not?
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Answer / vits
udp is unreliable and conncetionless . while Ip
unreliability lies on the upper layer protocols .Ip packet
becomes reliable if the upper layer protocol is TCP.
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Answer / jose mendez
In terms of data integrity, UDP is more reliable than IP. Checksum in the IP header only applies to the header itself, not to the whole packet. The UDP checksum applies to the whole user segment: header plus data.
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Answer / srikanth
No, UDP(user datagram protocol) is just a simple
communication protocol between applications and IT is the
communication between the computer's, so there's a vast
difference b/w them.
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Answer / califf
yes, both are unreliable.
But UDP guarantees data integrity (and nothing else), IP
generally does not guarantee anything at all.
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Answer / sudish
No
Because UDP having some error detection capability due to
inclusion of pseudoheader in checksum calculation. It can
detect error , so that the datagram is not going to be
delivered to wrong process.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 17 Yes | 24 No |
Answer / sunil kumar
UDP is a connectionless service however.there are chances of
losing data packet.but less chances in IP.UDP in these case
yes unreliable.IP is reliable because its a connection
oriented service.
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Answer / maulik sheth
UDP works at Transport Layer so it's unreliable while IP
works at network Layer. so it's Unreliable.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 13 No |
Answer / syed mahboob feroz ahmed
Hi,
UDP stands for User DataGram Protocol which not reliable
and is connectionless and when comes to TCP\IP or IP it is
Reliable and Connection Oriented.
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