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Part of the TCP/IP suite of protocols. UDP is the part of the TCP/IP suite used by applications to transfer datagrams. It is also the part of TCP/IP responsible for port addresses. UDP got the short end of the stick in some ways in that its name isn't included in TCP/IP, but would you really want to call it TCP/UDP/IP?
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UDP - By Ryan SingelAn Army data-mining project that searched through JetBlue's passengerrecords and sensitive personal information from a data broker topinpoint possible terrorists did not violate federal privacy law,according to an investigation by the Army's inspector general.The inspector general's findings (PDF) were accepted by some, butcritics say the report simply highlights the inability of thecountry's privacy laws to cope with 21st-century anti-terrorismefforts.News of the Army project came to light in September 2003 when JetBlueadmitted it had violated its privacy policy by turning over 5.1million passenger records to Torch Concepts , an Alabama-based defensecontractor.Torch subsequently enhanced the JetBlue data with information aboutpassengers' salaries, family size and Social Security numbers that itpurchased from Acxiom , one of the country's largest data aggregators.The Army says it was testing the data-mining technology as part of aplan to screen visitors to Army bases.....http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64647,00.html
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