Re: [dispatch] SASL Authentication for SIP

Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> Sun, 16 October 2022 17:26 UTC

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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 10:25:56 -0700
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Subject: Re: [dispatch] SASL Authentication for SIP
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On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 11:53 PM Rick van Rein <rick@openfortress.nl> wrote:

> Hello Eric,
>
> > As a preliminary question: do we have some expressions of interest from
> > SIP-based communications providers in this mechanism?
>
> Not yet.  This is new work, has not been implemented.  The intention is to
> allow calls between domains.
>

I'm not really following this. Users authenticate to domains with passwords
(at least sometimes) but I would expect inter-domain authentication to be
done with TLS mutual auth.

Also, my sense is that authentication is not the primary barrier to
inter-domain calling.


Similar work for HTTP has been warmly welcomed by several people.
>
> Are you suggesting to hold back presenting in Dialog until (...)?
>

More or less. It's hard to see the IETF doing successful work in this space
if providers aren't interested.

-Ekr


> -Rick
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