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

Saúl Ibarra Corretgé <saul@ag-projects.com> Mon, 19 September 2011 15:04 UTC

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Hi,

> 
>> That would require a signaling central point (think about
>> NAT), does it mean that web sites should provide a like-"SIP proxy"
>> within their infraestructure? (think about web sites hosted in shared
>> datacenter by an Apache or other web server not behind the control of
>> the web developer).
> 
> It would require a SIP proxy only if the app developer decides to use the SIP
> module.
> 

I might be missing something, but how would Alice communicate with Bob if both are behind NAT and there is no server involved? Asking some IP and port out of band? I'm not aware of any Bonjour-style protocol for the Internet, is there something similar which could be leveraged?

I see no clean way for 2 browsers to communicate without a server involved, and since it's not feasible to mandate that every browser manufacturer deploys one, I'd rather not have any simplified or default protocol.


Regards,

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Saúl Ibarra Corretgé
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