Re: FYI: Dan's talk on 27c3 in Berlin

David Nicol <[email protected]> Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:46:10 -0600

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On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Erwin Hoffmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> - outlines CurveCP, a new protocol, using UDP services while encrypting the payload (asymmetrically) by means of ECC. This could be used for general HTTP traffic (instead using standard TCP).

Even after reading the presentation, i don't understand why CurveCP is
envisioned as riding UDP instead of as an additional protocol, like
SCTP, except as an initial phase to transition out of.

Is it political? If DnsCurve gets UDP:53, the same process can be the
communications endpoint, in effect tunneling everything through UDP53
for maximum opacity?