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

Harald Alvestrand <harald@alvestrand.no> Mon, 07 November 2011 08:51 UTC

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On 11/07/2011 04:36 AM, Roman Shpount wrote:
>
> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Cameron Byrne <cb.list6@gmail.com 
> <mailto:cb.list6@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I think you can set crypto in srtp to null as well for troubleshooting
>
>
> Would not that be the same as supporting RTP?

I don't think so - SRTP with null encryption would still be able to 
deliver integrity protection.

That said, in our deployment of the SRTP-based Google Talk Video and 
Hangouts services, I don't think we've ever had a critical debugging 
scenario where the lack of null crypto was a blocker.
(we don't support null crypto).

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