RFC 9185 · INFORMATIONAL · 2022

DTLS Tunnel between a Media Distributor and Key Distributor to Facilitate Key Exchange

Overview

RFC 9185, “DTLS Tunnel between a Media Distributor and Key Distributor to Facilitate Key Exchange”, is an Informational document published in April 2022 by P. Jones, P. Ellenbogen, N. Ohlmeier. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document defines a protocol for tunneling DTLS traffic in multimedia conferences that enables a Media Distributor to facilitate key exchange between an endpoint in a conference and the Key Distributor. The protocol is designed to ensure that the keying material used for hop-by-hop encryption and authentication is accessible to the Media Distributor, while the keying material used for end-to-end encryption and authentication is inaccessible to the Media Distributor.

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