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Re: [rtcweb] Let's define the purpose of WebRTC

Roman Shpount <roman@telurix.com> Thu, 10 November 2011 05:48 UTC

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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:48:48 -0500
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From: Roman Shpount <roman@telurix.com>
To: Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com>
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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Let's define the purpose of WebRTC
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On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Eric Rescorla <ekr@rtfm.com> wrote:

> The point is that it's very hard to anticipate which communications media
> will be used for sensitive information. To say "we don't need security
> in this application because nobody will ever use it to discuss sensitive
> stuff" is short-sighted. Better simply to be secure all the time.
>
>
So why is 99% of the web traffic is HTTP? Do you want to force everybody to
use HTTPS? I think your argument is simply stating encryption is good, no
encryption bad, even if it is not needed or if it does not protect anything
(WebRTC application delivered over HTTP).
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