Optimizing a VPN isn't just about picking a protocol - choosing UDP or TCP can make a big difference, too.

New so-called reliable UDP solutions offer an alternative to TCP. But are they worth the time or money to implement?

The advantage to using TCP for transporting the control protocol is that you’re guaranteed the control information is delivered. On the other hand, you also could use UDP if the protocol is ...

The TCP protocol that nearly all applications use—especially the ones sending a lot of data—has a traffic management system built in that is known as congestion control.

The first option is choosing between the TCP and UDP protocols. Select which protocol you want based on your planned activities online (TCP for browsing, UDP for streaming or downloading). 5.

UDP’s (and QUIC’s) counterpart in the protocol world is basically TCP (which in combination with the Internet Protocol (IP) makes up the core communication language of the Internet).

There are two main data transfer protocols -- Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP). If you only had to know one fact about each protocol, it's that TCP is slower ...

New so-called reliable UDP solutions offer an alternative to TCP. But are they worth the time or money to implement?