Reliable UDP?

From: A.Steinbock (ccie10@xxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Mar 11 2002 - 03:52:44 GMT-3

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Back to Basics:
Isn't it true that TCP is connection-oriented & reliable and UDP is
connectionless & best-effort?

Reading about Cisco IDS I came across the following paragraph:

"Communication between the Cisco Secure IDS Sensors and management consoles is
provided by a proprietary, reliable UDP transport protocol that guarantees
transmission to intended recipients and maintains connection status with all
of the IDS components."

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/sqsw/sqidsz/prodlit/ids_qa.htm

UDP, Reliable, and guarantee?
This sounds more like TCP than UDP.
Could some one help me out of this confusion please?

Thanks
Akim

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