Re: [rtcweb] Query/Comment on draft-ietf-rtcweb-use-cases-and-requirements-12

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Fri, 24 January 2014 18:17 UTC

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Le 2014-01-24 12:14, Parthasarathi R a écrit :
> Please note that when non-IETFers read this requirement document, they come
> to the conclusion that IETF RTCWeb WG recommends TURN and not other
> mechanisms. I'm saying that requirement document should not be used as the
> mechanism to eliminate the other alternatives when there is a discussion
> going-on in PNTAW alias. So, I'm asking for the change.

I would totally agree with that sentiment, although I don't see your 
proposed text change reflecting it accurately. How about simply:

"Note that TURN support being mandatory does not preclude a WebRTC 
endpoint from supporting additional traversal mechanisms."

Simon
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