RFC 7866 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2016 WED · 29 JUL 2026

Session Recording Protocol

By L. Portman, H. Lum, C. Eckel, A. Johnston, A. Hutton · Published May 2016 · DOI 10.17487/RFC7866

Overview

RFC 7866, “Session Recording Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in May 2016 by L. Portman, H. Lum, C. Eckel, A. Johnston, A. Hutton. It has since been updated by RFC 9806. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document specifies the use of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), the Session Description Protocol (SDP), and the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) for delivering real-time media and metadata from a Communication Session (CS) to a recording device. The Session Recording Protocol specifies the use of SIP, SDP, and RTP to establish a Recording Session (RS) between the Session Recording Client (SRC), which is on the path of the CS, and a Session Recording Server (SRS) at the recording device. This document considers only active recording, where the SRC purposefully streams media to an SRS and all participating user agents (UAs) are notified of the recording. Passive recording, where a recording device detects media directly from the network (e.g., using port-mirroring techniques), is outside the scope of this document. In addition, lawful intercept is outside the scope of this document.

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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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Updated by: RFC 9806

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