RFC 7635 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2015

Session Traversal Utilities for NAT Extension for Third-Party Authorization

Overview

RFC 7635, “Session Traversal Utilities for NAT Extension for Third-Party Authorization”, is a Proposed Standard document published in August 2015 by T. Reddy, P. Patil, R. Ravindranath, J. Uberti. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document proposes the use of OAuth 2.0 to obtain and validate ephemeral tokens that can be used for Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN) authentication. The usage of ephemeral tokens ensures that access to a STUN server can be controlled even if the tokens are compromised.

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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