UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a simple connectionless transmission model formally defined in RFC 768.
Questions tagged [udp]
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Can NATs and firewalls blacklist IPs when trying to UDP hole punch?
I am developing a P2P application that will make use of UDP hole punch to connect two peers behind NAT.
When dealing with connections between a cone and a symmetric, unpredictable NATs, however, hole punching is not as trivial as it could be with…
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ARP spoofing on TCP and UDP
Statement (In Interview):
ARP spoofing attacks are more effective for UDP packets rather than
TCP packets since TCP establishes reliable communication channels.
I have opposed the statement saying that once ARP spoofing is done, then we are…
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What is this service?
Fairly new to infosec and am going through a course on nmap. While scanning I found this and it looked interesting and was wondering if you all had any information on this?
This is the port,state and service in question.
464/udp open|filtered…
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How many UDP packets is too many?
My Company recently got hit by a spam email with a link that executed an .exe file. Apparently our Antivirus stopped it from executing (Symantec enterprise).
I'm no security expert, but I am a computer scientist (with development being my strong…
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Windows firewall settings to receive UDP and pings
I use a windows 10 to receive UDP packets or pings from another computer which runs Win/Mac/Linux.
I default, I turn off the firewall to receive pings or packets.
I prefer not to turn off the firewall but having the previous functionality.
What…
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Jack
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Is it possible to scan the top X UDP ports and the top Y (X!=Y) TCP ports in Nmap using a single command?
Given X!=Y, is there any way to scan the top (--top-ports) X TCP ports and the top Y UDP ports using a simple Nmap command?
The --top-ports parameter affects both the TCP and UDP scans (e.g., when -sSU is used).
If exists, short/simple command is…
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Gari BN
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How realistic is it to spoof a specific UDP IP address?
Let's say that I'm a malicious user Bob and I have found a vulnerability in an application that will allow me to impersonate another user, Alice. Alice is connected to 'X' server with her IP address (1.2.3.4) and local port (1234).
Through some…
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Does a Server connecting to port 3544 pose an increased risk
I had look at the firewall logs and i can see my production server connects to microsoft (13.92.90.48) on UDP port 3544. A quick reading suggests this is to do with Teredo tunneling (IPV6 translation tech). Unless I am mistaken this done by Windows…
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Why is UDP port scanning slower than TCP port scanning?
I can't seem to find an answer for this.
Any suggestions?
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TCP versus UDP resilience to DDoS
I am building a service that I can implement equally well with either TCP or UDP. If I use TCP, I expose vulnerability to SYN flood and other attacks on TCP protocol. If I use UDP, it will be harder to block UDP flood upstream without also…
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UDP sockets open on all ports
I'm on osx. netstat -an -f inet gives me a bunch (around 10) of entries like these:
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udp4 0 0 *.* *.*
udp46 0 0 *.* *.*
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In my understanding, this means there are applications…
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How SSL Protects against Replay Attacks?
Reading: https://mulloverthing.com/how-does-ssl-protect-against-replay-attack/ it says:
The SSL/TLS channel itself is protected against replay attacks using
the MAC (Message Authentication Code), computed using the MAC secret
and the sequence…
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Do I have to block UDP ports when I launch my own server with a public IP?
I am trying to give better security to my Raspberry sever. When I installed UFW, I allowed just port 80/tcp and my own high port for SSH communication, and by default are all others ports "deny".
Then I scanned my server with nmap, and I found out…
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Encrypting UDP? (not using DTLS)
We are exploring options on encrypting messages to 3rd party devices which operate on UDP messages.
Since each vendor will need to implement the encryption-decryption process as well, we would like to re-use the existing standards as much as…
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emaayan
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One way protocol with encryption without tcp
I am trying to brainstorm how I might either:
1) create a protocol (although against this option)
2) use an existing protocol
That does the following:
1) allows 1 way communication from 1 node to another.
2) Provides (high grade) encryption over…
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