TCP vs UDP Sockets -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: TCP vs UDP Sockets
From: Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 09:40:54 -0500
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I have a client who is having issues with DNS and IBM told him to switch
his socket programs from using TCP to UDP.

Any rationale behind that that anyone can think of? Would this even work
for an application making RESTful requests using a tool like HTTPAPI or
GETURI

Bradley V. Stone
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