Re: [Linphone-developers] Set Master Key for SRTP in linphone

[Dmitry Alexandrov]

Greg Troxel <gdt@lexort.com> wrote:
> I realize it's conventional to label this "SRTP" in a UI, but it seems that 
> these UIs are mislabeled

Indeed.

> When people and programs simply say "SRTP", I think they could mean either of 
> these:
>   Session Description Protocol (SDP) Security Descriptions for Media Streams 
> https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4568
>   SRTP Extension for DTLS https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5764

Any example of the latter?  They could rather mean SRTP proper.

> Do people think it is a bug that the UI does not make this clear?

Yes.

> Or is it obvious that SRTP is short for "SDES-SRTP (RFC4568)"?  And that DTLS 
> is short for RFC5764?

Yes as well, but, of course, only to those who is already aware of this zoo.  
Educational value of Linphone UI in is, unfortunately, negative in that aspect.

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