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There's nothing wrong with UDP. At least not that I know of.
https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2014/01/17/udp-based-amplification-attacks
Didn't hear you there
Not my problem.
thank God I can't read
You are unstoppable!
Not really a problem with UDP itself, but with some very old protocols like DNS that rely on UDP but can’t be changed because of compatibility. If you’re writing a new service that uses UDP, there’s nothing stopping you from designing it so that it doesn’t provide an opportunity for bandwidth amplification.
It’s technically not a bug if it’s operating as intended