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As other's have pointed out, it's not a replacement for UDP or "improved version of UDP with some extra features such as encryption" as mentioned in the origin
by chetanahuja 14y ago
As other's have pointed out, it's not a replacement for UDP or "improved version of UDP with some extra features such as encryption" as mentioned in the original article but a reliable, encrypted protocol using UDP as transport layer. That makes sense because most NAT boxes etc. have to let UDP packets get through because they have to support DNS, VOIP protocols et el. I suspect the encryption part has more (or at least just as much) to do with keeping the middle-boxen's dirty hands off of the the protocol innards than MITM security.