Subject: [straw] Protocol Action: 'DTLS-SRTP Handling in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Back-to-Back User Agents (B2BUAs)' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-straw-b2bua-dtls-srtp-12.txt)

From: The IESG <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 06:50:53 -0700

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'DTLS-SRTP Handling in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Back-to-Back
   User Agents (B2BUAs)'
  (draft-ietf-straw-b2bua-dtls-srtp-12.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Sip Traversal Required for
Applications to Work Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Alexey Melnikov, Ben Campbell and Alissa
Cooper.

A URL of this Internet Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-straw-b2bua-dtls-srtp/

Technical Summary

Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Back-to-Back User Agents (B2BUAs) often act on the media plane, rather than just on the signaling path. This means that B2BUAs often act on the media path leading to separate media legs that the B2BUA correlates and bridges together. The document describes the behavior such B2BUAs can adhere to when acting on the media plane that uses a Secure Real-time Transport (SRTP) security context set up with the Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol.

Working Group Summary

The WG path of this document was reasonably short and efficient. Several technical comments were made during reviews and all were resolved with consensus. There is consensus in the STRAW WG to publish this document.

Document Quality

   The guidelines and procedures in the document is based on input  and experience from the implementer community.

Personnel

 Christer Holmberg ([email-masked] -- STRAW WG co-chair) is the shepherd. Ben Campbell
([email-masked]) is the responsible Area Director.