[Cryptography] TLS/DTLS Use Cases

[Bill Frantz]

On 4/1/14 at 2:39 PM, rsalz at akamai.com (Salz, Rich) wrote:

>>I would like to have some for DTLS as well, DTLS applies cryptography to UDP. It seems that DNS
>might be a good candidate, but can encryption even help DNS privacy?
>
>DNS isn't a great example because you don't care about replay or message re-ordering.

With UDP you don't get either message ordering or "deliver once" 
semantics. At that level it is all DIY. Most people who need 
these features and DIY reinvent a poor version of TCP.

Cheers - Bill

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