Match a response to its transaction
02A transaction ID correlates responses with the initiating request.
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RFC 8489 · § 6.3EXAMPLE
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Ignore a candidate response that does not match an outstanding transaction.
Ignore a candidate response that does not match an outstanding transaction.
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STUN uses a 96-bit transaction ID chosen with the specified unpredictability requirements.
- STUN uses a 96-bit transaction ID chosen with the specified unpredictability requirements.
- Retransmitted requests belong to the same transaction; matching alone is not cryptographic authentication.
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