Comment on A Message About Vanguard From Our Security and Privacy TeamsparentComments−saulr6yI believe newer Valve multiplayer games (e.g. Dota, CSGO) use Steam Networking instead of the game sending UDP itself. Packets sent with Steam Networking are encrypted[0].Before CSGO moved to Steam Networking, the game itself encrypted the packets. I can't remember exactly when this was introduced, but it's still in place - see https://github.com/alliedmodders/hl2sdk/blob/acf932ae06b64b7...[0] https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/netw...
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I believe newer Valve multiplayer games (e.g. Dota, CSGO) use Steam Networking instead of the game sending UDP itself. Packets sent with Steam Networking are encrypted[0].
Before CSGO moved to Steam Networking, the game itself encrypted the packets. I can't remember exactly when this was introduced, but it's still in place - see https://github.com/alliedmodders/hl2sdk/blob/acf932ae06b64b7...
[0] https://partner.steamgames.com/doc/features/multiplayer/netw...