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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It’s technically not a bug if it’s operating as intended