On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 7:31 AM Philipp Hancke <
philipp.han...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am Do., 26. Aug. 2021 um 22:47 Uhr schrieb Harald Alvestrand <
> h...@google.com>:
>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 9:29 PM Yoav Weiss <yoavwe...@chromium.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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 doubt it. There is no real reason for using it; DTLS is safer and
>> simpler to configure.
>>
>
> I bet there are some callcenters using it on the agent side and being
> callcenters, they won't report metrics.
> The list of vendors is known though. As is the IETF 2013 consensus that
> this is a MUST NOT.
>

Are there vendors still selling such software nowadays?


>
>
>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>> The connection won't go through anyway unless both ends of the connection
>> upgrade at the same time; throwing is a failure that is more obvious.
>> When things fail, I like to have them fail for obvious reasons.
>>
>
> The existing behaviour of throwing in setRemoteDescription when receiving
> an SDES-only offer seems good (and works in both Chrome and Firefox).
> The error code might need some work, it differs between Chrome and Firefox.
>
> We have some test coverage for this:
>
> https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:third_party/blink/web_tests/fast/peerconnection/RTCPeerConnection-sdes-constraint.html;l=11;drc=09074552ce314b5d942d960ceaa90599671ee137
> I'll add a negative assertion as a WPT. Why ask when you can write a test
> :-)
>
>
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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?
>>>
>>
>> I believe that neither Firefox nor WebKit ever shipped SDES, but I put
>> "no signal" because I haven't checked.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 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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