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

Hadriel Kaplan <HKaplan@acmepacket.com> Mon, 07 November 2011 01:17 UTC

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From: Hadriel Kaplan <HKaplan@acmepacket.com>
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On Nov 6, 2011, at 4:16 AM, José Luis Millán wrote:

> draft-ietf-rtcweb-overview-02 downgraded the SRTP concerns from
> mandatory-to-use to mandatory-to-implement. So if it does not
> downgrade anymore, a WebRTC implementation (game app, greeting cards
> website..) will have to implement SRTP.

Technically, no... a mandatory-to-implement means devices complying with WebRTC RFCs (namely browsers) must implement support for it, but not have to use it for every session.  So a game app, greeting card, etc., web application could choose not to use SRTP, just like it chooses to use HTTP rather than HTTPS.  That's all I'm talking about: that difference of mandatory-to-implement vs. mandatory-to-use requirement.  

-hadriel