Technical Summary
This document specifies Version 1.2 of the Datagram Transport Layer
Security (DTLS) protocol. The DTLS protocol provides communications
privacy for datagram protocols. The protocol allows client/server
applications to communicate in a way that is designed to prevent
eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. The DTLS protocol is based
on the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol and provides equivalent
security guarantees. Datagram semantics of the underlying transport are
preserved by the DTLS protocol. This document updates DTLS 1.0 to work
with TLS version 1.2.
Working Group Summary
This document has been extensively reviewed int he working group. There
is strong consensus to move the document forward. The document completed
working group last call last year, but was delayed during the discussion
of other higher priority documents.
Document Quality
There are several vendors who implement DTLS 1.1. Vendors have indicated
they would support DTLS 1.2 to take advantage of AEAD cipher suites. The
document has ve reviewed by security and transport experts. The document
has been reviewed by implementers.
Personnel
Joe Salowey <jsalowey@cisco.com> is the Document Shepherd.
Sean Turner <turners@ieca.com> is the Responsible Area Director.