1 votes 1 votes If there's an error detected in a UDP packet it's silently discarded. Whenever an IP packet is discarded ICMP message is sent back to the source. Aren't these conflicting statements? What am I missing here? Computer Networks computer-networks tcp + – Kai asked Dec 7, 2016 Kai 492 views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 0 votes 0 votes UDP is unreliable, connectionless means it doesn't care about delivery of packets and also don't care for discarded packets ICMP protocol return error message for discarded packet of TCP as well as UDP also Lokesh . answered Dec 7, 2016 • selected Dec 10, 2016 by Kai Lokesh . comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
