my guess...
1. encryption...its easier to stream-encrypt over TCP...block encrytion is easier to break.
2. you can forge the udp ip header (maybe, just guessing)
I think david is correct about how UDP is more effective over TCP b/c is lacks resends...and from my test, you rarely have to do a resend.
maybe the programmers of Skype are just lazy. Its easier to fire up a tcp connection and write to int, rather than using UDP....but not that much easier....
I don't think it would be good to use TCP for video either; which would be the direction I would take skype if I was its CEO.
Alex Pankratov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ivan Arce wrote:
> Thanks David
> That's is the best real world example that justifies and favors UDP over
> TCP that I've read in years. Coming form the security world I'm used to
> point out the million reasons why UDP is generally bad in any
> security-sensitive application.
Can you list perhaps top 5 of these reasons ?
Thanks,
Alex
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