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Are both UDP and IP unreliable to the same degree? Why or Why not?

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No, UDP is unreliable and connectionless. While IP   unreliability lies in the upper layer protocols. The IP packet becomes reliable if the upper layer protocol is TCP. In terms of data integrity, UDP is more reliable than IP. The checksum in the IP header only applies to the header itself, not to the whole packet. The UDP checksum applies to the whole user segment.

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