I would like to announce Datagram Transport Layer Security for Python. From the top of the project README: PyDTLS brings Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS - RFC 6347: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6347) to the Python environment. In a nutshell, DTLS brings security (encryption, server authentication, user authentication, and message authentication) to UDP datagram payloads in a manner equivalent to what SSL/TLS does for TCP stream content. DTLS is now very easy to use in Python. If you're familiar with the ssl module in Python's standard library, you already know how. All it takes is passing a datagram/UDP socket to the *wrap_socket* function instead of a stream/TCP socket. Here's how one sets up the client side of a connection: import ssl from socket import socket, AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM from dtls import do_patch do_patch() sock = ssl.wrap_socket(socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM)) sock.connect(('foo.bar.com', 1234)) sock.send('Hi there') The project is hosted at https://github.com/rbit/pydtls, and licensed under the Apache license 2.0. PyPI has packages. I can be reached at code AT liquibits DOT com for questions, feedback, etc. <P><A HREF="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Dtls/0.1.0">Dtls 0.1.0</A> - Datagram Transport Layer Security for Python. (07-Jan-13)