Re: [AVTCORE] I-D Action: draft-ietf-avt-srtp-not-mandatory-11.txt

Hannes Tschofenig <hannes.tschofenig@gmx.net> Mon, 26 November 2012 17:22 UTC

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Subject: Re: [AVTCORE] I-D Action: draft-ietf-avt-srtp-not-mandatory-11.txt
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On Nov 26, 2012, at 6:18 PM, David McGrew (mcgrew) wrote:

> Eleven keying method sounds right; that would be DTLS-SRTP, SDP Security
> Descriptions, EKT, plus the eight different MIKEY methods.  Too many
> options, but not all of them are standards track.

Given that everyone was (and still is) allowed to publish their favorite VoIP media key exchange protocol it is a surprise that we only have so few.
Some of the mechanisms have been published in the IETF only because of a too restrictive registration policy established by the MIKEY RFC.

On the other hand, if you look at the deployment then the situation is a bit different..