What does DI stand for, anyway?
Destruction Inflicted. It’s worth noting that, unlike most games, netrek rewards people who inflict more destruction, not people who survive longer. You actually get stronger when you die, and you usually get more DI. You also tend to win more. 19. What is UDP? UDP is a network protocol that is much more lenient than TCP (which is what netrek originally used). If you don’t have a local server, using a UDP client on a UDP server could reduce your lag considerably. All mainstream clients now support UDP. Many thanks to Andy McFadden, Netrek Guru, for implementing the UDP stuff. 20. Some of the servers and clients are called ‘RSA’; what does that mean? RSA is a way for servers to make sure that players are not using cyborg clients. The RSA package generates a header file containing a public and a private encryption key. These keys are compiled into the client; the private key encrypts the data and the public key decrypts it. The main advantage of RSA over the old reserved.c method is that
