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How Does TCP Work? | Kevin Sookocheff
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Reliability and Congestion Avoidance over UDP | Gaffer On Games
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| | Hello readers, I'm no longer posting new content on gafferongames.com Please check out my new blog at mas-bandwidth.com! Introduction Hi, I'm Glenn Fiedler and welcome to Networking for Game Programmers. In the previous article, we added our own concept of virtual connection on top of UDP. In this article we're going to add reliability, ordering and congestion avoidance to our virtual UDP connection. The Problem with TCP Those of you familiar with TCP know that it already has its own concept of connectio...
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Internet 101: TCP
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| | [AI summary] This article provides a technical overview of the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), explaining how it ensures reliable data transfer over an unreliable network using concepts like ports, sequence numbers, acknowledgments, and connection handshakes.
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| [AI summary] This article discusses the implications of WhatsApp's acquisition by Facebook and the broader trend of privacy erosion in digital communication. It explores the recurring pattern of users seeking alternatives to mainstream messaging apps, highlighting the structural and economic challenges of maintaining privacy in a market dominated by centralized services. The piece critiques the superficial solutions like end-to-end encryption and promotes a decentralized approach through XMPP federation, emphasizing the importance of collective action and self-hosted infrastructure to resist surveillance and data exploitation.