This thread was split out by John so it was a separate thread from the
E164 discussion.

RFC 4474 is a SIP document.

It is appropriate for the SIP WG to discuss perceived issues with a SIP
WG publication.

Regards

Keith 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On 
> Behalf Of Hannes Tschofenig
> Sent: Friday, April 04, 2008 10:24 AM
> To: Fischer, Kai
> Cc: [email protected]; Elwell, John
> Subject: Re: [Sip] RFC 4474 and SBC traversal
> 
> Hi Kai,
> 
> >> This issue is totally independent from E.164
> >>     
> >
> > Not fully. SBCs may exchange the domain part of the E.164 SIP URI, 
> > which causes a break of the RFC 4474 signature. With 
> email-style URIs 
> > a simple exchange is not possible.
> >   
> This is true but this applies to SIP Identity in general and not to
> E.164 number usage with SIP Identity only.
> Hence, I would not tie it to this discussion.
> 
> >   
> >> I don't like the idea of requiring DTLS-SRTP to provide proof of 
> >> possession of the keying material.
> >>     
> >
> > It is also the other way round. If you use DTLS-SRTP to 
> encrypt RTP, 
> > the terminating domain is interested where the call originates from 
> > and in which domain the SRTP connection is terminated. DTLS-SRTP is 
> > not initially used as mean to establish an identity rather 
> than as the 
> > initial aim to encrypt RTP.
> >   
> 
> I understand the need to know who the end points are. 
> However, tying DTLS-SRTP is not a good idea since it
> a) increases the liklihood that SIP identity never get's 
> deployed (since it is suddently far more complex than before)
> b) SIP identity is used also as a identity mechanism in areas 
> where no media is exchanged.
> 
> Ciao
> Hannes
> 
> > Kai
> >
> >   
> >> Ciao
> >> Hannes
> >>
> >>
> >> Elwell, John wrote:
> >>     
> >>> SBCs do exist, often for good reasons that Hadriel has 
> expanded on 
> >>> already. I firmly believe that DTLS-SRTP will not be 
> deployable in a 
> >>> meaningful way without addressing this problem. Concerning
> >>>       
> >> solutions, we
> >>     
> >>> have drafts from Kai and Dan, or perhaps a merger of the 
> two somehow 
> >>> would work. It also depends to some extent whether we are
> >>>       
> >> talking only
> >>     
> >>> about email-style URIs or about E.164-based URIs too.
> >>>
> >>> John
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