Re: [rtcweb] Summary of ICE discussion

Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> Tue, 04 October 2011 14:41 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Summary of ICE discussion
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2011/10/4 Magnus Westerlund <magnus.westerlund@ericsson.com>:
> I have bellow tired to summarize the result of the ICE discussion. This
> is intended as furthering this discussion and form a basis for going
> forward in the consensus process. I do expect people that disagree with
> my summary of the discussion to speak up.
>
> Major requirements
>
> - Need for data transmission consent for protocols using UDP as the
> traffic receiver needs to consent to receiving the data
>
> - Perform NAT and FW traversal when ever needed
>
> - Support IPv4 to IPv6 transition
>
> Desired behavior:
>
> - Be interoperable with deployed legacy systems as SIP Trunk, PSTN
> gateways, VoIP phones.
>
> WG chairs conclusion of discussion so far:
>
> - ICE is so far the only solution that provides the security goals and
> have any legacy deployment.
>
> - ICE usage will require that STUN connectivity MUST have succeeded
> prior to any data transmission to fulfill security goals.
>
>  * The Browser will enforce this requirement to prevent being an attack
> vector in all cases.
>
> - If anyone can find a solution that fulfill the security goals and have
> improved legacy interoperability people would be interested in that
> solution. So far RTCP has been discarded as insufficient.
>
> - Media Gateway can support a reduced functionality set from Full ICE


I agree with all the above.


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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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