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Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap to Packet Number Offset (#1307)

MikkelFJ <notifications@github.com> Fri, 20 April 2018 13:55 UTC

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Subject: Re: [quicwg/base-drafts] Change Packet Number Gap to Packet Number Offset (#1307)
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Just using a random seed might be sufficient to deter the average middle box and with CID update there is no privacy leak.
The resulting PN can be used as AEAD IV since it is a permutation of a unique non-repeating sequence. After CID update the AEAD keys must change, but then it is about time anyway.

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