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2.1 Transport

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The DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Core and Service Providers creates and manages game sessions by using the DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Reliable [MC-DPL8R]. The DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Reliable is responsible for managing network connections, sending and receiving packets, and performing reliable communications. All game session messages are sent reliably through the DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Reliable.

Network addresses that are passed to the DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Reliable are used to establish connections via the DN_ADDRESSING_URL structure (as specified in section 2.2.8).

The data that is passed from the DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Core and Service Providers is passed in the clear to the DirectPlay 8 Protocol: Reliable.