How Netflix brings safer and faster streaming experience to the living room on crowded networks using TLS 1.3
At Netflix, we are obsessed with the best streaming experiences. We want playback to start instantly and to never stop unexpectedly in any network environment. We are also committed to protecting users privacy and service security without sacrificing any part of the playback experience. To achieve that, we are efficiently using ABR (adaptive bitrate streaming) for a better playback experience, DRM (Digital Right Management) to protect our service and TLS (Transport Layer Security) to protect customer privacy and to create a safer streaming experience. Netflix on consumer electronics devices such as TVs, set-top boxes and streaming sticks was until recently using TLS 1.2 for streaming traffic. Now we support TLS 1.3 for safer and faster experiences.