Re: [rtcweb] URI schemes for TURN and STUN

"Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> Mon, 31 October 2011 03:30 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] URI schemes for TURN and STUN
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On 2011/10/30 6:11, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
> Hi,
> being in the process of scanning all the drafts with -rtcweb- in them, I
> came across these two:
>
> draft-nandakumar-rtcweb-stun-uri-00.txt
> draft-nandakumar-rtcweb-turn-uri-00.txt
>
> Just three comments:
>
> - I think it's not RTCWEB business. They should be pointed at the home
> group for STUN/ICE.

For TURN, there's already
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-petithuguenin-behave-turn-uri-bis-04.

Regards,    Martin.

> - I do not think it's appropriate to use "turn" and "turns" for
> indicating transport. Polluting the URI namespace with more
> configuration parameters in the form of trailing "s" is a Bad Thing.
> - Passing passwords in URIs is generally a Bad Practice. If you really
> want this in this case, please explore the implications thereof fully in
> the Security Considerations section.
>
> Good luck with the discussion (elsewhere)!
>
> Harald
>
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