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		dvanduzer on June 28, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rate-limiting State: The edge of the Internet is a... Protocol design is popular "these days" so everyone eventually chooses UDP, and reimplements a subset of TCP in their own protocol. (edit: not everyone needs state in their protocol, but everyone needs to implement rate limiting) If you're unaware of a large interest in protocol design, or don't understand the cost and complexity of DDoS attacks, what point were you looking for?

jaytaylor on June 28, 2015 [–]

The information density seems uncharacteristically light to me (compared to other Vixie articles).

dvanduzer on June 28, 2015 | [–]

If Vixie can simplify his message to Stallman-level clarity, how would that be a bad thing?

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