A few questions raised at the API OWNERS meeting today.

On Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 1:34:11 PM UTC+2 Harald Alvestrand wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 1:10 PM Yoav Weiss <yoavwe...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
>> What would breakage look like?
>>
>
> Once the feature is gone (the end state), anyone attempting to set up a 
> connection using SDES will have their session rejected.
> Anyone attempting to set the constraint will just have it ignored, like 
> any other unsupported value in a dictionary.
>

OK. Any enterprise risk here? Are you aware of any enterprise apps using 
this?
  

>
> I'm thinking that we should add an intermediate step where anyone 
> attempting to configure SDES has the constructor throw rather than ignoring 
> the member.
>

An unhandled exception seems more risky than a silent failure here, right?
Any reason to think console warnings won't be enough?
 

>  
>
>> What's the requested timeline for the deprecation part of this?
>>
>
> I'd like to get the deprecation warning in 95 (stable Oct 19), start 
> throwing in 97 (stable Jan 4), and removing the code entirely in 99 (stable 
> Mar 1).
>  
>
>> Any plans for targeted outreach for the remaining users?
>>
>
> Only the usual PSA on webrtc-users and discuss-webrtc + word of mouth.
>  
>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 11:05 AM 'Philipp Hancke' via blink-dev <
>> blink-dev@chromium.org> wrote:
>>
>>> stats here: 
>>> https://www.chromestatus.com/metrics/feature/timeline/popularity/2383
>>>
>>
>> Impressive decline in usage!
>>  
>>
>>> Away with it!
>>>
>>> Am Do., 26. Aug. 2021 um 10:45 Uhr schrieb 'Harald Alvestrand' via 
>>> blink-dev <blink-dev@chromium.org>:
>>>
>>>> Contact emails...@chromium.org
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>>>> ExplainerNone
>>>>
>>>> Specificationhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8826#section-4.3.1
>>>>
>>>> Summary
>>>>
>>>> The SDES key exchange mechanism for WebRTC has been declared a MUST NOT 
>>>> in the relevant IETF standards since 2013. The SDES specification has been 
>>>> declared Historic by the IETF. Its usage in Chrome has declined 
>>>> significantly over the recent year. This intent is to deprecate and remove 
>>>> this code from Chromium and WebRTC. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Blink componentBlink>WebRTC>Network 
>>>> <https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/list?q=component:Blink%3EWebRTC%3ENetwork>
>>>>
>>>> Motivation
>>>>
>>>> The reason why SDES is deprecated is that it is a security problem: It 
>>>> exposes session keys to Javascript, which means that entities with access 
>>>> to the negotiation exchange, or with the ability to subvert the 
>>>> Javascript, 
>>>> can decrypt the media sent over the connection. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Initial public proposal
>>>>
>>>> TAG review
>>>>
>>>> TAG review statusNot applicable
>>>>
>>>> Risks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interoperability and Compatibility
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Gecko: No signal
>>>>
>>>> WebKit: No signal
>>>>
>>>
>> Filing for signals may be an overkill here, but are there bugs filed on 
>> other implementers asking them to follow?
>>
>
Is SDES shipped in other browsers? What's the status there?
 

>  
>>
>>>
>>>> Web developers: No signals
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Debuggability
>>>>
>>>> When this feature is removed, people attempting to set up such a 
>>>> connection will fail to do so. This should be easy to diagnose. 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is this feature fully tested by web-platform-tests 
>>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/master/docs/testing/web_platform_tests.md>
>>>> ?No
>>>>
>>>> Flag name
>>>>
>>>> Requires code in //chrome?False
>>>>
>>>> Tracking bughttps://crbug.com/webrtc/11066
>>>>
>>>> Estimated milestones
>>>>
>>>> Link to entry on the Chrome Platform Status
>>>> https://www.chromestatus.com/feature/5695324321480704
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