Re: [rtcweb] SIP vs Websocket in RTCWeb [was RE: SIP MUST NOT be used in browser?]

[Peter Saint-Andre <[e-mail]>]

On 9/12/11 12:57 AM, Ravindran Parthasarathi wrote:
> Changing the title for giving the clear context of discussion.
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Thanks for forwarding info about draft-ietf-hybi-thewebsocketprotocol. I
> started this mail thread to know whether RTCWeb1.0 is a unofficial
> RFC3261bis for the line side (endpoint to access server) :-) [I really
> don't know the better term for the line side]. Endpoint may be desktop,
> smart phone (android), laptop, tablet, CPE, etc.,
> 
> Till reading this draft, I assumed websocket as a socket layer for HTTP
> and it is bad assumption :-(. In short, browser is able to create two
> way communication with webserver (which has globally routable address).
> Two browser creating websocket with web servers will be able to
> communicate with each other. This architecture exactly fits in SIP world
> as
>  
>                        SIP UA <---->B2BUA<----->SIP UA
> 
> And resultant as   browser<---> webserver <----> browser. I tend to
> agree with you that Websocket looks as a better choice for this simple
> web architecture as there is no need of identity exchange here because
> webserver knows and authenticated both browsers with the corresponding
> identity. In fact, B2BUA with globally routable address will interop
> better with any endpoint for that matter. The difference comes into
> picture for federation (interop between servers). I'm not very clear
> whether websocket is intended for federation as well or not. Most of the
> discussion RTCWeb points to use SIP as a federation protocol which may
> change later. I'm interested knowing your view here. For this mail, I
> assume that SIP as a federation protocol of RTCWeb1.0 and I'm ready to
> change if it is the right thing to do :-)

I think that the protocol used for server-to-server federation is a
matter for the service providers and thus is not in scope for RTCWeb.
Some s2s links might use SIP, some might use XMPP/Jingle, etc.

Peter

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