Maybe interesting for making apps in the lan more resilient:
* No need for port forwarding between network segments
* Bypasses annoying local firewalls and security approval
* On limited hardware you might literally have no Ethernet, wifi, or blue tooth -- could use this instead
* Connectionless -- no zombie sockets tying up the same 'port' when testing client protocols
* Can prevent packet sniffing + having to expose services to every node on the LAN directly. Neat one-time, local aspect to it. Have to be in range of devices
Probably other benefits. Disadvantage is it would be slow and you would have to add support for it.
* No need for port forwarding between network segments
* Bypasses annoying local firewalls and security approval
* On limited hardware you might literally have no Ethernet, wifi, or blue tooth -- could use this instead
* Connectionless -- no zombie sockets tying up the same 'port' when testing client protocols
* Can prevent packet sniffing + having to expose services to every node on the LAN directly. Neat one-time, local aspect to it. Have to be in range of devices
Probably other benefits. Disadvantage is it would be slow and you would have to add support for it.