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<td>Transfer protocol used for the OpenVPN connection. | <td>Transfer protocol used for the OpenVPN connection. | ||
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<li><b>Transmission Control Protocol</b> (<b>TCP</b>) - most commonly used protocol in the Internet | <li><b>Transmission Control Protocol</b> (<b>TCP</b>) - most commonly used protocol in the Internet Protocol (IP) suite. It ensures the recipient will receive packets in the order they were sent by numbering, analysing response messages, checking for errors and resending them if an issue occurs. It should be used when reliability is crucial (for example, in file transfer).</li> | ||
<li><b>User Datagram Protocol</b> (<b>UDP</b>) - packets are sent to the recipient without error-checking or back-and-forth quality control, meaning that when packets are lost, they are gone forever. This makes it less reliable but faster than TCP; therefore, it should be used when transfer speed is crucial (for example, in video streaming, live calls).</li> | <li><b>User Datagram Protocol</b> (<b>UDP</b>) - packets are sent to the recipient without error-checking or back-and-forth quality control, meaning that when packets are lost, they are gone forever. This makes it less reliable but faster than TCP; therefore, it should be used when transfer speed is crucial (for example, in video streaming, live calls).</li> | ||
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<td>Transfer protocol used for the connection. | <td>Transfer protocol used for the connection. | ||
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<li><b>Transmission Control Protocol</b> (<b>TCP</b>) - most commonly used protocol in the Internet | <li><b>Transmission Control Protocol</b> (<b>TCP</b>) - most commonly used protocol in the Internet Protocol (IP) suite. It ensures the recipient will receive packets in the order they were sent by numbering, analysing response messages, checking for errors and resending them if an issue occurs. It should be used when reliability is crucial (for example, file transfer).</li> | ||
<li><b>User Datagram Protocol</b> (<b>UDP</b>) - packets are sent to the recipient without error-checking or back-and-forth quality control, meaning that when packets are lost, they are gone forever. This makes it less reliable but faster than TCP; therefore, it should be used when transfer speed is crucial (for example, video streaming, live calls).</li> | <li><b>User Datagram Protocol</b> (<b>UDP</b>) - packets are sent to the recipient without error-checking or back-and-forth quality control, meaning that when packets are lost, they are gone forever. This makes it less reliable but faster than TCP; therefore, it should be used when transfer speed is crucial (for example, video streaming, live calls).</li> | ||
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