[noise] RFC: Encrypted sliding window transport layer

[Trevor Perrin]

Hi Tiffany, Jason,

Thanks for this feedback.  It makes sense to support unordered,
UDP-like channels, and to have more control over rekeying, so I've
posted a new draft.  I'll summarize in a separate thread.

Trevor


On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 12:41 PM, Jason A. Donenfeld <Jason at zx2c4.com> wrote:
> I too am working on something similar, in the context of a UDP-based VPN.
> It's a bit tricky because not only can packets be dropped but they can also
> arrive out of order. So that makes a constantly changing and synchronized
> key, as used by noise, not quite possible. I'm opting just to start
> initiating a rekeying handshake every 2 minutes, trying every 5 seconds
> until it completes a rekeying handshake, and tossing the old key after 3
> minutes.
>
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