Re: [Perc] Last Call: <draft-ietf-perc-private-media-framework-08.txt> (A Solution Framework for Private Media in Privacy Enhanced RTP Conferencing) to Proposed Standard

[Sergio Garcia Murillo <[e-mail]>]

I think Emil and Bernard have described quite precisely where we are and 
how we managed to get here.

In my opinion it would be a big mistake to consider PERC as *THE* 
solution for end to end encryption for multiconferencing, as if there 
was a one size fits all solution for the problem.

Speaking from a WebRTC perspective, PERC, apart of have taken some 
controversial technical decisions (OHB as header, the ssrc rewriting 
issue and reverse the the order of FEC/RTX and SRTP), does not take into 
consideration the specifics of WebRTC (it could be argued that that was 
not in the scope of this group), like the role of the js app, the 
possibility of allowing key management in js, or the interaction with 
Idp and isolated media streams. Not to speak about the recent 
discussions about full frame vs per packet encryption or QUIC.

Best regards
Sergio


On 02/02/2019 18:42, Emil Ivov wrote:
>
>
> On Sat 2 Feb 2019 at 16:50, Bernard Aboba <[e-mail] 
> <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>     Emil said:
>
>     "The need to do a triple encryption for example is a particularly
>     egregious consequence of the order problem. That’s a problem
>     specific to the “double” documents."
>
>     [BA] Can you describe how the need for "triple encryption"
>     arises?  The framework document doesn't even mention the issues
>     with ordering of FEC/RTX/RED and encryption, let alone the need
>     for "triple encryption".
>
>
> One of the goals that some members of the group seemed to have was to 
> allow specific applications to become PERC-compliant without changing 
> the app code itself and by simply replacing the libsrtp library with a 
> PERC-enabled one.
>
> I don’t know that this goal is a direct consequence of the framework’s 
> conceptual approach (contrary to the imposition of key distribution 
> and negotiation). I think it simply carries a promise for some minimal 
> pragmatic value to some implementers.
>
> The issue with this approach is that it leaves hop-by-hop protection 
> mechanisms such FEC and RTC unavailable to the SFU as they are usually 
> performed before SRTP, which would make them e2e encrypted.
>
> The solution to that is simple. One merely needs to perform e2e 
> encryption first, then apply FEC and/or RTX and only then apply the 
> second (hop-by-hop) layer of SRTP.
>
> This approach was referred to as “wedging RTX and FEC” as it places 
> them in between the two encryption operations.
>
> While wedging appeared to have overall support in hallway discussions 
> by all SFU implementors except potentially one, it was mysteriously 
> rejected by a subset of the WG and replaced with the following:
>
> Applications will apply SRTP-double first and, those that need to use 
> FEC and RTX would have to apply them only after.
>
> It was quickly pointed out that this not only destroys the stated 
> “don’t-change-the-app” goal, but also leaves RTX and mostly FEC 
> unprotected and FEC receivers vulnerable to DoS. To this the 
> proponents of this approach simply replied with: “well, those of you 
> who use FEC/RTX will simply do a third round of SRTP”, thus arriving 
> at a total of three encryptions for every packet..
>
> The discussions around this topic were highly contentious.
>
> Hope this makes things clear,
> Emil
>
>
>
>     On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 11:46 AM Emil Ivov <[e-mail]
>     <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>         Yes pretty much those.
>
>         The need to do a triple encryption for example is a
>         particularly egregious consequence of the order problem.
>         That’s a problem specific to the “double” documents.
>
>         I would however also say that the decision to bake one
>         specific way of performing key negotiation into the framework
>         rather than leaving it open was both unnecessary and quite
>         problematic.
>
>         Emil
>
>         On Sat 2 Feb 2019 at 12:23, Bernard Aboba
>         <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>             "on the consensus not reached on this and other topics."
>
>             [BA] Out of curiosity, what other topics do you consider
>             to be problematic within the framework?  I am aware of at
>             least two others where implementers have chosen different
>             paths than in the PERC framework:
>
>             * Order of application of encryption versus FEC/RTX/RED
>             * Whole frame encryption versus payload encryption
>
>             With respect to consensus, this is IETF last call, one of
>             whose purposes is to determine whether there is IETF
>             consensus to publish this document as a Proposed
>             Standard.  Are you saying that you do not agree that there
>             is an IETF consensus to publish this document as a
>             Proposed Standard?  Or that there is no IETF consensus to
>             publish *any* of the PERC WG output as a Proposed Standard?
>
>             On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 5:40 AM Alexandre GOUAILLARD
>             <[e-mail]
>             <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>
>                 +1 on ssrc rewriting, and on the consensus not reached
>                 on this and other topics.
>
>                 Sent from my iPhone
>
>                 On 2 Feb 2019, at 17:18, Lorenzo Miniero
>                 <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>>
>                 wrote:
>
>>                 +1, SSRC rewriting is pretty much fundamental to all
>>                 SFUs out there.
>>
>>                 Lorenzo
>>
>>                 Il 2 febbraio 2019 10:19:06 CET, Emil Ivov
>>                 <[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]>> ha scritto:
>>
>>                     I want to second that as it is a particularly
>>                     major problem: not allowing SSRC rewriting makes
>>                     the entire framework unusable with SFU
>>                     implementation I represent as well as every other
>>                     SFU I am familiar with.
>>
>>                     I am also not sure that I agree with “SSRC
>>                     rewriting could not be allowed” is a conclusion
>>                     that ever had any consensus in PERC, regardless
>>                     of what WG leadership is trying to make everyone
>>                     believe.
>>
>>                     On Sat 2 Feb 2019 at 06:21, Bernard Aboba
>>                     <[e-mail]
>>                     <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>>
>>                         Richard said:
>>
>>                         "Again, the answer is clear here, but the
>>                         document should be clearer. The working group
>>                         discussed SSRC rewriting several times, and
>>                         concluded that SSRC rewriting could not be
>>                         allowed in this system.  This decision is
>>                         reflected, e.g., in the fact that the Double
>>                         transform does not allow modification of SSRCs."
>>
>>                         [BA]  Not being able to rewrite SSRCs has
>>                         some major implications with respect to
>>                         requirements on PERC endpoints.  Typically
>>                         today's MDD will switch between the simulcast
>>                         streams provided by an endpoint, forwarding
>>                         only a single stream to other participants,
>>                         based on the bandwidth, resolution and
>>                         framerates.  If rewriting of SSRCs is not
>>                         possible, do PERC endpoints need to be able
>>                         to receive simulcast? If PERC endpoints do
>>                         need to be able to receive simulcast, what
>>                         are the requirements for endpoints?  For
>>                         example, should endpoints expect the MDD to
>>                         use RID header extensions to identify the
>>                         incoming simulcast streams?
>>
>>                         Receiving of simulcast is tricky because the
>>                         endpoint is receiving multiple streams with
>>                         different sequence number spaces which may
>>                         contain holes because of reordering or loss.
>>                         This not only complicates the application of
>>                         RTX, RED and FEC, but also the operation of
>>                         the endpoint.  As a result, as noted in the
>>                         WEBRTC specification Section 5.4.1, support
>>                         for reception of simulcast is optional. I am
>>                         aware of two ORTC implementations that have
>>                         attempted to support simulcast reception,
>>                         neither of which is robust in scenarios with
>>                         considerable loss and/or reordering.  And
>>                         neither implementation supports the RID
>>                         header extension on received simulcast streams.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>                         On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 12:23 PM Sergio Garcia
>>                         Murillo <[e-mail]
>>                         <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>>
>>                             On 01/02/2019 17:18, Richard Barnes wrote:
>>>                             So I would propose we add something like
>>>                             the following to this definition:
>>>
>>>                             "In the context of WebRTC, where control
>>>                             of a session is divided between a
>>>                             JavaScript application and a browser,
>>>                             the browser acts as the Trusted Endpoint
>>>                             for purposes of this framework (just as
>>>                             it acts as the endpoint for DTLS-SRTP in
>>>                             one-to-one calls).
>>
>>
>>                             If we decide to adopt perc (big if) in
>>                             webrtc, shouldn't this be defined within
>>                             the
>>                             https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-rtcweb-security-arch-17
>>                             doc ?
>>
>>
>>                                 Optimally, we would not rely on trust in any entities other than the
>>                                 browser.  However, this is unfortunately not possible if we wish to
>>                                 have a functional system.  Other network elements fall into two
>>                                 categories: those which can be authenticated by the browser and thus
>>                                 can be granted permissions to access sensitive resources, and those
>>                                 which cannot be authenticated and thus are untrusted.
>>
>>
>>                             WebRTC already IdP as trusted for
>>                             identity purposes, so it should be up to
>>                             the RTCWEB group to decide what is a
>>                             trusted endpoint and what is not in
>>                             webrtc. As Bernard is stating, we could
>>                             decide that there are other key
>>                             management solutions trusted (even in JS
>>                             or WASM), as for for example is being
>>                             done in EME:
>>
>>                             https://github.com/WICG/media-capabilities/blob/master/explainer.md#encryption
>>
>>                             Best regards
>>
>>                             Sergio
>>
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