Re: [rtcweb] ICE and security

Dzonatas Sol <dzonatas@gmail.com> Sat, 17 September 2011 17:20 UTC

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Subject: Re: [rtcweb] ICE and security
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On 09/17/2011 01:22 AM, Olle E. Johansson wrote:
>
> 16 sep 2011 kl. 23:05 skrev Matthew Kaufman:
>
>>> The only thing we need to do for rtcweb is make sure the RTP library 
>>> built into the browser supports media in such a way that it can 
>>> communicate with other RTP peers at a media plane, regardless of 
>>> what signaling protocol those peers might be using, preferably 
>>> without going through media gateways.
>>
>> This, and supports enough security/safety that the library can be 
>> trusted to run in the browser environment. (This is where the ICE 
>> requirement comes from.)
>
> Matt,
> Can you please elaborate how ice relates to security?
>

Physics prediction on the data channel is possible, yet that doesn't 
agree to all server models.

Win8 reminds me of mosaic reborn, for example. Some argue over the order 
of the service stack, and they consider those end up in-between as MITM.

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