Re: [rtcweb] Isolating data channels (Re: Asking TLS for help with media isolation)

"Matthew Kaufman (SKYPE)" <matthew.kaufman@skype.net> Mon, 07 April 2014 19:28 UTC

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From: "Matthew Kaufman (SKYPE)" <matthew.kaufman@skype.net>
To: Paul Kyzivat <pkyzivat@alum.mit.edu>, "rtcweb@ietf.org" <rtcweb@ietf.org>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Isolating data channels (Re: Asking TLS for help with media isolation)
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-----Original Message-----
> From: rtcweb [mailto:rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Paul Kyzivat
> Sent: Monday, April 7, 2014 12:22 PM
> To: rtcweb@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Isolating data channels (Re: Asking TLS for help with
> media isolation)
> 
> On 4/7/14 1:27 PM, Matthew Kaufman (SKYPE) wrote:
> >
> > From: rtcweb [mailto:rtcweb-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Harald
> >> Alvestrand
> >> ...
> >> (and to Matthew: At least we wouldn't have *yet* another congestion
> >> context to manage, which would be the case with a separate TCP
> connection.
> >> There are always tradeoffs.)
> >
> > If it was me (and at one time, it was) I would use a protocol that allows for
> multiplexing and prioritization of media and data channels over the same
> secure session with shared congestion state. Over such a protocol, opening
> another data stream for this purpose could be done immediately without
> even a round trip.
> >
> > RFC 7016 documents such an approach.
> 
> I see that the title starts with "Adobe's". Sigh.

Yes, but there's little stopping many of these ideas from becoming the basis for an IETF-developed transport protocol that actually meets the needs we have here.
 
> If you want to entertain something other than existing solutions for media,
> why not simply run the RTP media streams over SCTP along with the data
> channels?

Except for some critical shortcomings of SCTP (which are being fixed), this isn't actually a terrible idea.

Matthew Kaufman