# RendezVous: PRUDP Protocol PRUDP probably stands for: "**P**rotected **R**eliable **U**ser **D**atagram **P**rotocol", as it is designed for adding connections, reliability, encryption and compression to UDP. To do this, it adds [connections](#connections), [ordering](#ordering), [fragmentation](#fragmentation) and [checksums](#checksums). ## Connections ## Ordering ## Fragmentation ## Checksums ## Packet Format