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RFC 7201
Options for Securing RTP Sessions,April 2014
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7201
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Abstract
The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) is used in a large number ofdifferent application domains and environments. This heterogeneityimplies that different security mechanisms are needed to provideservices such as confidentiality, integrity, and sourceauthentication of RTP and RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) packetssuitable for the various environments. The range of solutions makesit difficult for RTP-based application developers to pick the mostsuitable mechanism. This document provides an overview of a numberof security solutions for RTP and gives guidance for developers onhow to choose the appropriate security mechanism.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.