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Re: [rtcweb] Gateways

Lorenzo Miniero <lorenzo@meetecho.com> Tue, 11 November 2014 03:38 UTC

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From: Lorenzo Miniero <lorenzo@meetecho.com>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:26:56 -0800
Martin Thomson <martin.thomson@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure that this is the comment Ted was looking for here.
> 
> I don't think that we need this document, as Keith observes, a short
> note in -overview suffices:
> 
> A gateway is a webrtc endpoint or webrtc-compatible endpoint that
> forwards stuff (media or data) to other endpoints.  This is useful.
> 


Having worked on one I think we need more than that, so I'd support such
a document. There are several things that can go wrong (see the stuff
we're discussing in STRAW, for instance) so gateways are indeed
special IMHO.

I can help/contribute text if deemed useful.

Lorenzo



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