The Reliable Data Protocol (RDP) is a network transport protocol defined i
RFC 908
and was updated i
RFC 1151
It is meant to provide facilities for remote loading, debugging and bulk transfer of images and data. The Reliable Data Protocol is an IP protocol, on the same layer as TCP and UDP. It is number 27 in the

list of IP protocol numbers This is a list of the IP protocol numbers found in the 8-bit ''Protocol'' field of the IPv4 header and the 8-bit ''Next Header'' field of the IPv6 header. It is an identifier for the encapsulated protocol and determines the layout of the data tha ...

. Similar to TCP, the Reliable Data Protocol is connection oriented, but, contrary to TCP, it does not require sequenced delivery of segments. The Reliable Data Protocol has not gained popularity, though experimental implementations for BSD exist.

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