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Install the Graylog2 server on Debian 5.0
The guide has moved here: https://github.com/Graylog2/graylog2-server/wiki/Installing
UDP server sockets in Java: Introduction and simple techniques
What is the difference between UDP and TCP?
The most important difference between the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) and TCP which you always have to keep in mind is: UDP communication is never reliable. While TCP guarantees that the packages you send will arrive the destination, will still be in the correct order and are not damaged, UDP packages are just fired out and you have no feedback what happened to them on their journey around the world. Remember: Network communication is never reliable. Routers on the way can fail, drop your packets, you can run out of TTL, your package can be corrupted, timeouts, … In short: use TCP if you want to make sure that your packages arrive at the destination as you sent them or you want to at least find out if they did not.
What is UDP good for?
You just read about the biggest disadvantage of UDP and ask why anybody would ever want to use it?! There are a few situations in which UDP may be the better choice:
