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Description

Implementation of Reliable UDP.

TCP is a reliable connection oriented protocol that cannot traverse NAT routers (with any real capability) UDP is an unreliable connectionless protocol that can traverse many NAT routers with ease.

MaidSafe-RUDP is a reliable pseudo connected protocol that can traverse more NAT routers than plain UDP when used in conjunction with MaidSafe-Routing. It is impervious to 'man in the middle' attacks with no requirement for a key exchange protocol to exist at the network level.

Features

• Implements hundreds / thousands of connections per computer (depending on hardware)
• Provides encrypted communications (keys can be passed into API per connection)
• Used in conjunction with MaidSafe-Routing this library implements a network that is entirely resistant to 'man in the middle' attacks
• Used in conjunction with MaidSafe-Routing this library implements a network that can traverse even symmetric NAT routers
• Capable of multiplexing multiple RUDP connections to single UDP port (increasing connection capabilities)

Status

This library is considered BETA quality and is provided with a full test suite and QA suite. This can be considered for use in production quality systems at this time. There is currently a limit on message size that requires attention at the earliest convenience.