Re: [rtcweb] Requiring ICE for RTC calls

Matthew Kaufman <matthew.kaufman@skype.net> Tue, 27 September 2011 15:14 UTC

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Cc: Randell Jesup <randell-ietf@jesup.org>, rtcweb@ietf.org
Subject: Re: [rtcweb] Requiring ICE for RTC calls
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On 9/27/2011 7:46 AM, Roman Shpount wrote:
>
> How real or big do you think this problem is going to be? None of the 
> current SIP/VoIP clients address this now, and we have quite a number 
> of them out there. I understand that this is an attack vector but how 
> big of an attack vector is this going to be if we ask for user 
> confirmation?
>

There is no plan to ask for user confirmation to open a connection, 
receive media, or send and receive data. The only user confirmation that 
is expected would be for camera and/or microphone access.

I've seen a dozen messages from you arguing that the requirement for a 
STUN connectivity check is a barrier and should be removed, but I have 
not yet seen an alternative proposal that meets the requirements of 
browser authors with regard to preventing attacks on behind-firewall 
infrastructure from the browser platform.

Matthew Kaufman