From 4c089601d7982bb45080d57b3399ed0653f69dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Timur Pocheptsov Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 16:42:13 +0200 Subject: Document the DTLS API MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Task-number: QTBUG-68070 Change-Id: Ifd08ecb7c2c1a6dc352952a10ad56259bd1ecf10 Reviewed-by: Paul Wicking Reviewed-by: Mårten Nordheim --- src/network/doc/src/ssl.qdoc | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) (limited to 'src/network/doc/src/ssl.qdoc') diff --git a/src/network/doc/src/ssl.qdoc b/src/network/doc/src/ssl.qdoc index e4948c393c..840cec9e5b 100644 --- a/src/network/doc/src/ssl.qdoc +++ b/src/network/doc/src/ssl.qdoc @@ -67,6 +67,15 @@ To disable SSL support in a Qt build, configure Qt with the \c{-no-openssl} option. + \section1 Datagram Transport Layer Security + + Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) is a protocol that enables security + for datagram-based applications, providing them with protection against + eavesdropping, tampering, or message forgery. The DTLS protocol is based on the + stream-oriented Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. QtNetwork enables + the use of DTLS with User Datagram Protocol (UDP), as defined by + \l {https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6347}{RFC 6347}. + \section1 Import and Export Restrictions Due to import and export restrictions in some parts of the world, we -- cgit v1.2.3