Re: [rtcweb] Data Transport, was: Re: RTCWeb default signaling protocol [was RE: About defining a signaling protocol for WebRTC (or not)]

Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net> Wed, 21 September 2011 10:26 UTC

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2011/9/21 Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc@aliax.net>:
> 2011/9/19 Timothy B. Terriberry <tterriberry@mozilla.com>:
>> Perhaps I'm confused, but doesn't MSRP rely on reliable, in-order delivery?
>
> Right, MSRP is supossed to work over TCP or TLS. In fact, TLS usage is
> a "SHOULD" and TCP is just supposed to be used for debugging purposes.

Using a reliable transport means that, in case both peers are behind
NAT, a MSRP Relay server (RFC 4976) is required. So as in the case of
a "RTCweb default signaling protocol" I wonder: would we expect a
'mod_msrp' module for Apache? :) (I don't).

Regards.

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Iñaki Baz Castillo
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