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Intent to implement: WebRTC identity and media isolation

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Martin Thomson

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May 2, 2014, 4:09:42 PM5/2/14
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Summary:
WebRTC enables peer-to-peer communications. Identity features enable the identification of WebRTC peers using a generic identity provider interface. Stream isolation provides sites a way to foreswear access to media so that - in combination with identity - users can be sure that their media is being sent to a specific peer (and that media from that peer came from that peer). This enables secure calling that does not rely on trust in the web site or application that performs signalling.

Bug: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=901261
Link to standard: http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/webrtc.html#identity
Platform coverage: Desktop, Android, Firefox OS
Estimated or target release: 32, Firefox OS 2.0
Preference behind which this will be implemented: media.peerconnection.identity.enabled (dom.messageChannel.enabled also needs to be true)

Ehsan Akhgari

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May 2, 2014, 5:19:04 PM5/2/14
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Thanks, Martin!

Do you know if other UAs are also implementing this API?
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Martin Thomson

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May 2, 2014, 5:47:21 PM5/2/14
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We’re hoping to be first here.

I’m told that Chrome is implementing it, but I haven’t seen any actual evidence. I’m seeing lots of interest from my old colleagues at Microsoft, but [1].

[1] http://status.modern.ie/webrtcwebrtcv10api
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