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Session Description Protocol (SDP) Format for Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP) Streams
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draft-ietf-bfcpbis-rfc4583bis-20
BFCPbis Working Group                                        C. Holmberg
Internet-Draft                                              G. Camarillo
Obsoletes: 4583 (if approved)                                   Ericsson
Intended status: Standards Track                           T. Kristensen
Expires: September 25, 2018                                        Cisco
                                                          March 24, 2018

   Session Description Protocol (SDP) Format for Binary Floor Control
                        Protocol (BFCP) Streams
                    draft-ietf-bfcpbis-rfc4583bis-20

Abstract

   This document defines the Session Description Protocol (SDP) offer/
   answer procedures for negotiating and establishing Binary Floor
   Control Protocol (BFCP) streams.

   This document obsoletes RFC 4583.  Changes from RFC 4583 are
   summarized in Section 15.

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Table of Contents

   1.  Introduction  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2
   2.  Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   3.  Fields in the 'm' Line  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3
   4.  Floor Control Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   5.  SDP 'floorctrl' Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   4
   6.  SDP 'confid' and 'userid' Attributes  . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   7.  SDP 'floorid' Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   6
   8.  SDP 'bfcpver' Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   9.  Multiplexing Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   10. BFCP Connection Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
     10.1.  TCP Connection Management  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   11. Authentication  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   9
   12. ICE Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
   13. SDP Offer/Answer Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  10
     13.1.  Generating the Initial SDP Offer . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     13.2.  Generating the SDP Answer  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  11
     13.3.  Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer . . . . . . . . . .  12
     13.4.  Modifying the Session  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   14. Examples  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13
   15. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15
   16. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     16.1.  Registration of SDP 'proto' Values . . . . . . . . . . .  16
     16.2.  Registration of the SDP 'floorctrl' Attribute  . . . . .  16
     16.3.  Registration of the SDP 'confid' Attribute . . . . . . .  17
     16.4.  Registration of the SDP 'userid' Attribute . . . . . . .  17
     16.5.  Registration of the SDP 'floorid' Attribute  . . . . . .  17
     16.6.  Registration of the SDP 'bfcpver' Attribute  . . . . . .  18
   17. Changes from RFC 4583 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  18
   18. Acknowledgements  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
   19. References  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     19.1.  Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  19
     19.2.  Informational References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  21
   Authors' Addresses  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  22

1.  Introduction

   As discussed in the BFCP (Binary Floor Control Protocol)
   specification [7], a given BFCP client needs a set of data in order
   to establish a BFCP connection to a floor control server.  This data
   includes the transport address of the server, the conference
   identifier, and the user identifier.

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   One way for clients to obtain this information is to use an SDP
   offer/answer [4] exchange.  This document specifies how to encode
   this information in the SDP session descriptions that are part of
   such an offer/answer exchange.

   User agents typically use the offer/answer model to establish a
   number of media streams of different types.  Following this model, a
   BFCP connection is described as any other media stream by using an
   SDP 'm' line, possibly followed by a number of attributes encoded in
   'a' lines.

2.  Terminology

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "NOT RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and
   "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in BCP
   14, RFC 2119 [1] and indicate requirement levels for compliant
   implementations.

3.  Fields in the 'm' Line

   This section describes how to generate an 'm' line for a BFCP stream.

   According to the SDP specification [10], the 'm' line format is the
   following:

      m=<media> <port> <proto> <fmt> ...

   The media field MUST have a value of "application".

   The port field is set depending on the value of the proto field, as
   explained below.  A port field value of zero has the standard SDP
   meaning (i.e., rejection of the media stream) regardless of the proto
   field.

      When TCP is used as the transport, the port field is set following
      the rules in [6].  Depending on the value of the 'setup' attribute
      (discussed in Section 10.1), the port field contains the port to
      which the remote endpoint will direct BFCP messages, or in the
      case where the endpoint will initiate the connection towards the
      remote endpoint, should be set to a value of 9.

      When UDP is used as the transport, the port field contains the
      port to which the remote endpoint will direct BFCP messages
      regardless of the value of the 'setup' attribute.

   This document defines five values for the proto field: TCP/BFCP,
   TCP/DTLS/BFCP, TCP/TLS/BFCP, UDP/BFCP, and UDP/TLS/BFCP.

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   TCP/BFCP is used when BFCP runs directly on top of TCP.  TCP/TLS/BFCP
   is used when BFCP runs on top of TLS, which in turn runs on top of
   TCP.  TCP/DTLS/BFCP is used when running BFCP on top of DTLS [11], as
   described in this specification, which in turn runs on top of TCP
   using the framing method defined in [12] with DTLS packets being sent
   and received instead of RTP/RTCP packets using the shim defined in
   RFC4571 such that the length field defined in RFC4571 precedes each
   DTLS message.

   Similarly, UDP/BFCP is used when BFCP runs directly on top of UDP,
   and UDP/TLS/BFCP is used when BFCP runs on top of DTLS, which in turn
   runs on top of UDP.

   The fmt (format) list is not applicable to BFCP.  The fmt list of 'm'
   lines in the case of any proto field value related to BFCP MUST
   contain a single "*" character.  If the the fmt list contains any
   other value it is ignored.

   The following is an example of an 'm' line for a BFCP connection:

      m=application 50000 TCP/TLS/BFCP *

4.  Floor Control Roles

   When two endpoints establish a BFCP stream, they need to determine
   which of them acts as floor control client and which acts as floor
   control server.  Typically, a client that establishes a BFCP stream
   with a conference server will act as floor control client, while the
   conference server will act as floor control server.  However, there
   are scenarios where both endpoints would be able to act as floor
   control server.  For example, in a two-party session that involves an
   audio stream and a shared whiteboard, the endpoints need to determine
   which party will be act as floor control server.

   Furthermore, there are situations where both endpoints act as both
   floor control client and floor control server within the same
   session.  For example, in a two-party session that involves an audio
   stream and a shared whiteboard, one endpoint acts as the floor
   control server for the audio stream and the other endpoint acts as
   the floor control server for the shared whiteboard.  However, for a
   given BFCP-controlled media stream one endpoint MUST act as floor
   control client and one endpoint MUST act as floor control server.

5.  SDP 'floorctrl' Attribute

   This section defines the SDP 'floorctrl' media-level attribute.  The
   attribute is used to determine the floor control role(s) that the
   endpoints can take for the BFCP-controlled media streams.  As

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   described in Section 5, an endpoint can take different roles for
   different media streams, but for a given media stream an endpoint can
   only take one role.

   The Augmented BNF syntax [2] for the attribute is:

   floor-control-attribute  = "a=floorctrl:" role *(SP role)
   role                     = "c-only" / "s-only" / "c-s"

   An endpoint includes the attribute to indicate the role(s) it would
   be willing to perform for the BFCP-controlled media streams:

   c-only:  The endpoint is willing to act as floor control client.

   s-only:  The endpoint is willing to act as floor control server only.

   c-s:  The endpoint is willing to act as floor control client and
      floor control server.

   When inserted in an offer, the offerer MAY indicate multiple
   attribute values.  When inserted in an answer, the answerer MUST
   indicate only one attribute value.  The offerer indicates which floor
   control role(s) that it is willing to take.  The answerer indicates
   the role taken by the answerer.  Based on this, the floor control
   role(s) of the offerer is determined, as shown in Table 1.

                          +---------+----------+
                          | Offerer | Answerer |
                          +---------+----------+
                          |  c-only |  s-only  |
                          |  s-only |  c-only  |
                          |   c-s   |   c-s    |
                          +---------+----------+

                              Table 1: Roles

   Endpoints compliant with [16] might not include the 'floorctrl'
   attribute in offers and answerer.  If the 'floorctrl' attribute is
   not present the offerer will act as floor control client, and the
   answerer will act as floor control server, for each BFCP-controlled
   media stream.

   The SDP Offer/Answer procedures for the 'floorctrl' attribute are
   defined in Section 13.

   The following is an example of a 'floorctrl' attribute in an offer:

             a=floorctrl:c-only s-only c-s

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6.  SDP 'confid' and 'userid' Attributes

   This section defines the SDP 'confid' and the 'userid' media-level
   attributes.  The attributes are used by a floor control server to
   convey the conference ID value and user ID value to the floor control
   client, using decimal integer representation.

   The Augmented BNF syntax [2] for the attributes is:

   confid-attribute      = "a=confid:" conference-id
   conference-id         = token
   userid-attribute      = "a=userid:" user-id
   user-id               = token

   token-char            = %x21 / %x23-27 / %x2A-2B / %x2D-2E / %x30-39
                           / %x41-5A / %x5E-7E
   token                 = 1*(token-char)

      ;token-char and token elements are defined in [RFC4566].

   The SDP Offer/Answer procedures for the 'confid' and 'userid'
   attributes are defined in Section 13.

7.  SDP 'floorid' Attribute

   This section defines the SDP 'floorid' media-level attribute.  The
   attribute conveys a floor identifier, and optionally pointers to one
   or more BFCP-controlled media streams.

   The Augmented BNF syntax [2] for the attribute is:

   floor-id-attribute = "a=floorid:" token SP "mstrm:" token *(SP token)

   The floor identifier value is the integer representation of the Floor
   ID to be used in BFCP.  Each media stream pointer value is associated
   with an SDP 'label' attribute [8] of a media stream.

   The SDP Offer/Answer procedures for the 'floorid' attribute are
   defined in Section 13.

      Note: In [16] 'm-stream' was erroneously used in Section 14.
      Although the example was non-normative, it is implemented by some
      vendors and occurs in cases where the endpoint is willing to act
      as an server.  Therefore, it is RECOMMENDED to support parsing and
      interpreting 'm-stream' the same way as 'mstrm' when receiving.

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8.  SDP 'bfcpver' Attribute

   This section defines the SDP 'bfcpver' media-level attribute.  The
   attribute is used to negotiate the BFCP version.

   The Augmented BNF syntax [2] for the attributes is:

   bfcp-version-attribute = "a=bfcpver:" bfcp-version *(SP bfcp-version)
   bfcp-version           = token

   An endpoint uses the 'bfcpver' attribute to convey the version(s) of
   BFCP supported by the endpoint, using integer values.  For a given
   version, the attribute value representing the version MUST match the
   "Version" field that would be presented in the BFCP COMMON-HEADER
   [7].  The BFCP version that will eventually be used will be conveyed
   with a BFCP-level Hello/HelloAck.

   Endpoints compliant with [16] might not always include the 'bfcpver'
   attribute in offers and answers.  If the 'bfcpver' attribute is not
   present, the default values are inferred from the transport specified
   in the 'm' line (Section 3) associated with the stream.  In
   accordance with definition of the Version field in [7], when used
   over a reliable transport the default attribute value is "1", and
   when used over an unreliable transport the default attribute value is
   "2".

   The SDP Offer/Answer procedures for the 'bfcpver' attribute are
   defined in Section 13.

9.  Multiplexing Considerations

   [20] defines how multiplexing of multiple media streams can be
   negotiated.  This specification does not define how BFCP streams can
   be multiplexed with other media streams.  Therefore, a BFCP stream
   MUST NOT be associated with a BUNDLE group [20].  Note that BFCP-
   controlled media streams might be multiplexed with other media
   streams.

   [21] defines the mux categories for the SDP attributes defined in
   this specification, excluding the SDP 'bfcpver' attribute. .  Table 2
   defines the mux category for the 'bfcpver' attribute:

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        +---------+------------------------+-------+--------------+
        | Name    | Notes                  | Level | Mux Category |
        +---------+------------------------+-------+--------------+
        | bfcpver | Needs further analysis | M     | TBD          |
        +---------+------------------------+-------+--------------+

                 Table 2: Multiplexing Attribute Analysis

10.  BFCP Connection Management

   BFCP streams can use TCP or UDP as the underlying transport.
   Endpoints exchanging BFCP messages over UDP send the BFCP messages
   towards the peer using the connection address and port provided in
   the SDP 'c' and 'm' lines.  TCP connection management is more
   complicated and is described in the following Section.

      Note: When using Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)
      [17], TCP/DTLS/BFCP, and UDP/TLS/BFCP, the straight-forward
      procedures for connection management as UDP/BFCP described above
      apply.  TCP/TLS/BFCP follows the same procedures as TCP/BFCP and
      is described below.

10.1.  TCP Connection Management

   The management of the TCP connection used to transport BFCP messages
   is performed using the SDP 'setup' and 'connection' attributes [6].
   The 'setup' attribute indicates which of the endpoints initiates the
   TCP connection.  The 'connection' attribute handles TCP connection
   re-establishment.

   The BFCP specification [7] describes a number of situations when the
   TCP connection between a floor control client and the floor control
   server needs to be re-established.  However, that specification does
   not describe the re-establishment process because this process
   depends on how the connection was established in the first place.
   Endpoints using the offer/answer mechanism follow the following
   rules.

   When the existing TCP connection is closed and re-established
   following the rules in [7], the floor control client MUST send an
   offer towards the floor control server in order to re-establish the
   connection.  If a TCP connection cannot deliver a BFCP message and
   times out, the endpoint that attempted to send the message (i.e., the
   one that detected the TCP timeout) MUST send an offer in order to re-
   establish the TCP connection.

   Endpoints that use the offer/answer mechanism to negotiate TCP
   connections MUST support the 'setup' and 'connection' attributes.

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11.  Authentication

   When a BFCP stream is negotiated using the SDP offer/answer
   mechanism, it is assumed that the offerer and the answerer
   authenticate each other using some mechanism.  TLS/DTLS is the
   preferred mechanism.  Other mechanisms are possible, but are outside
   the scope of this document.  Once this mutual authentication takes
   place, all the offerer and the answerer need to ensure is that the
   entity they are receiving BFCP messages from is the same as the one
   that generated the previous offer or answer.

   The initial mutual authentication SHOULD take place at the signaling
   level.  Additionally, signaling can use S/MIME [5] to provide an
   integrity-protected channel with optional confidentiality for the
   offer/answer exchange.  BFCP takes advantage of this integrity-
   protected offer/answer exchange to perform authentication.  Within
   the offer/answer exchange, the offerer and answerer exchange the
   fingerprints of their self-signed certificates.  These self-signed
   certificates are then used to establish the TLS/DTLS connection that
   will carry BFCP traffic between the offerer and the answerer.

   Endpoints follow the rules in [9] regarding certificate choice and
   presentation.  Endpoints that use the offer/answer model to establish
   BFCP streams MUST support the 'fingerprint' attribute and MUST
   include it in their offers and answers.

   When TLS is used with TCP, once the underlying connection is
   established, the answerer, which can be the floor control client or
   the floor control server, acts as the TLS server regardless of its
   role (passive or active) in the TCP establishment procedure.  If the
   TCP connection is lost, the active endpoint is responsible for re-
   establishing the TCP connection.  Unless a new TLS session is
   negotiated, subsequent SDP offers and answers will not impact the
   previously negotiated TLS roles.

   When DTLS is used with UDP, the requirements specified in Section 5
   of [14] MUST be followed.

      Informational note: How to determine which endpoint initiates the
      TLS/DTLS association depends on the selected underlying transport.
      It was decided to keep the original semantics in [16] for TCP to
      retain backwards compatibility.  When using UDP, the procedure
      defined in [14] was selected in order to be compatible with other
      DTLS based protocol implementations, such as DTLS-SRTP.
      Furthermore, the procedure defined in [14] do not overload offer/
      answer semantics and works for offerless INVITE in scenarios with
      B2BUAs.

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12.  ICE Considerations

   Generic SDP offer/answer procedures for Interactive Connectivity
   Establishment (ICE) are defined in [18].

   When BFCP is used with UDP based ICE candidates [17] then the
   procedures for UDP/TLS/BFCP are used.

   When BFCP is used with TCP based ICE candidates [13] then the
   procedures for TCP/DTLS/BFCP are used.

   Based on the procedures defined in [14], endpoints treat all ICE
   candidate pairs associated with a BFCP stream on top of a DTLS
   association as part of the same DTLS association.  Thus, there will
   only be one BFCP handshake and one DTLS handshake even if there are
   multiple valid candidate pairs, and if BFCF media is shifted between
   candidate pairs (including switching between UDP to TCP candidate
   pairs) prior to nomination.  If new candidates are added, they will
   also be part of the same DTLS association.

   In order to maximize the likelihood of interoperability between the
   endpoints, all ICE enabled BFCP-over-DTLS endpoints SHOULD implement
   support for UDP/TLS/BFCP.

   When an SDP offer or answer conveys multiple ICE candidates for a
   BFCP stream, UDP based candidates SHOULD be included and the default
   candidate SHOULD be chosen from one of those UDP candidates.  If UDP
   transport is used for the default candidate, then the 'm' line proto
   value MUST be 'UDP/TLS/BFCP'.  If TCP transport is used for the
   default candidate, the 'm' line proto value MUST be 'TCP/DTLS/BFCP'.

      Note: Usage of ICE with protocols other than UDP/TLS/BFCP and
      TCP/DTLS/BFCP is outside of scope for this specification.

13.  SDP Offer/Answer Procedures

   This section defines the SDP offer/answer [4] procedures for
   negotiating and establishing a BFCP stream.  Generic procedures for
   DTLS are defined in [14].  Generic procedures for TLS are defined in
   [9].

   This section only defines the BFCP-specific procedures.  Unless
   explicitly stated otherwise, the procedures apply to an 'm' line
   describing a BFCP stream.  If an offer or answer contains multiple
   'm' lines describing BFCP streams, the procedures are applied
   independently to each stream.

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   If the 'm' line 'proto' value is 'TCP/TLS/BFCP', 'TCP/DTLS/BFCP' or
   'UDP/TLS/BFCP', the offerer and answerer follow the generic
   procedures defined in [9].

   If the 'm' line proto value is 'TCP/BFCP', 'TCP/TLS/BFCP', 'TCP/DTLS/
   TCP' or 'UDP/TLS/BFCP', the offerer and answerer use the SDP 'setup'
   attribute according to the procedures in [6].

   If the 'm' line proto value is 'TCP/BFCP', 'TCP/TLS/BFCP' or
   'TCP/DTLS/BFCP', the offerer and anwerer use the SDP 'connection'
   attribute according to the procedures in [6].

      Note: The use of source-specific SDP parameters [19] is not
      defined to BFCP streams.

13.1.  Generating the Initial SDP Offer

   When the offerer creates an initial offer, the offerer:

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute (Section 5) with the
      'm' line;

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'confid' attribute (Section 6) with the 'm'
      line;

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'userid' attribute (Section 6) with the 'm'
      line;

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'floorid' attribute (Section 7) with the 'm'
      line;

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'label' attribute (Section 7) with the 'm'
      line of each BFCP-controlled media stream; and

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'bfcpver' attribute (Section 8) with the 'm'
      line.

13.2.  Generating the SDP Answer

   When the answerer receives an offer, which contains an 'm' line
   describing a BFCP stream, if the answerer accepts the 'm' line it:

   o  MUST insert a corresponding 'm' line in the answer, with an
      identical 'm' line proto value [4]

   o  MUST, if the offer contained an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute,
      associate a 'floorctrl' attribute with the 'm' line;

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   o  MUST associate an SDP 'confid' attribute with the 'm' line;

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'userid' attribute with the 'm' line;

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'floorid' attribute with the 'm' line;

   o  MUST associate an SDP 'label' attribute with the 'm' line of each
      BFCP-controlled media stream; and

   o  MUST, if the offer contained an SDP 'bfcpver' attribute, associate
      a 'bfcpver' attribute with the 'm' line.

      Note: An offerer compliant with [16] might not include 'floorctrl'
      and 'bfcpver' attributes in offers, in which cases the default
      values apply.

   Once the answerer has sent the answer, the answerer:

   o  MUST, if the answerer is the 'active' endpoint, and if a TCP
      connection associated with the 'm' line is to be established (or
      re-established), initiate the establishing of the TCP connection;
      and

   o  MUST, if the answerer is the 'active' endpoint, and if an TLS/DTLS
      connection associated with the 'm' line is to be established (or
      re-established), initiate the establishing of the TLS/DTLS
      connection (by sending a ClientHello message).

   If the answerer does not accept the 'm' line in the offer, it MUST
   assign a zero port value to the corresponding 'm' line in the answer.
   In addition, the answerer MUST NOT establish a TCP connection or a
   TLS/DTLS connection associated with the 'm' line.

13.3.  Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer

   When the offerer receives an answer, which contains an 'm' line with
   a non-zero port value, describing a BFCP stream, the offerer:

   o  MUST, if the offer is the 'active' endpoint, and if a TCP
      connection associated with the 'm' line is to be established (or
      re-established), initiate the establishing of the TCP connection;
      and

   o  MUST, if the offerer is the 'active' endpoint, and if an TLS/DTLS
      connection associated with the 'm' line is to be established (or
      re-established), initiate the establishing of the TLS/DTLS
      connection (by sending a ClientHello message).

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      Note: An answerer compliant with [16] might not include
      'floorctrl' and 'bfcpver' attributes in answers, in which cases
      the default values apply.

   If the 'm' line in the answer contains a zero port value, or if the
   offerer for some other reason does not accept the answer, the offerer
   MUST NOT establish a TCP connection or a TLS/DTLS connection
   associated with the 'm' line.

13.4.  Modifying the Session

   When an offerer sends an updated offer, in order to modify a
   previously established BFCP stream, it follows the procedures in
   Section 13.1, with the following exceptions:

   o  If the BFCP stream is carried on top of TCP, and if the offerer
      does not want to re-establish an existing TCP connection, the
      offerer MUST associate an SDP connection attribute with an
      'existing' value, with the 'm' line; and

   o  If the offerer wants to disable a previously established BFCP
      stream, it MUST assign a zero port value to the 'm' line
      associated with the BFCP connection, following the procedures in
      [4].

14.  Examples

   For the purpose of brevity, the main portion of the session
   description is omitted in the examples, which only show 'm' lines and
   their attributes.

   The following is an example of an offer sent by a conference server
   to a client.

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   m=application 50000 TCP/TLS/BFCP *
   a=setup:actpass
   a=connection:new
   a=fingerprint:sha-256 \
        19:E2:1C:3B:4B:9F:81:E6:B8:5C:F4:A5:A8:D8:73:04: \
        BB:05:2F:70:9F:04:A9:0E:05:E9:26:33:E8:70:88:A2
   a=floorctrl:c-only s-only
   a=confid:4321
   a=userid:1234
   a=floorid:1 mstrm:10
   a=floorid:2 mstrm:11
   a=bfcpver:1
   m=audio 50002 RTP/AVP 0
   a=label:10
   m=video 50004 RTP/AVP 31
   a=label:11

   Note that due to RFC formatting conventions, this document splits SDP
   across lines whose content would exceed 72 characters.  A backslash
   character marks where this line folding has taken place.  This
   backslash and its trailing CRLF and whitespace would not appear in
   actual SDP content.

   The following is the answer returned by the client.

   m=application 9 TCP/TLS/BFCP *
   a=setup:active
   a=connection:new
   a=fingerprint:sha-256 \
        6B:8B:F0:65:5F:78:E2:51:3B:AC:6F:F3:3F:46:1B:35: \
        DC:B8:5F:64:1A:24:C2:43:F0:A1:58:D0:A1:2C:19:08
   a=floorctrl:c-only
   a=bfcpver:1
   m=audio 55000 RTP/AVP 0
   m=video 55002 RTP/AVP 31

   A similar example using unreliable transport and DTLS is shown below,
   where the offer is sent from a client.

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   m=application 50000 UDP/TLS/BFCP *
   a=setup:actpass
   a=dtls-id:abc3dl
   a=fingerprint:sha-256 \
        19:E2:1C:3B:4B:9F:81:E6:B8:5C:F4:A5:A8:D8:73:04: \
        BB:05:2F:70:9F:04:A9:0E:05:E9:26:33:E8:70:88:A2
   a=floorctrl:c-only s-only
   a=confid:4321
   a=userid:1234
   a=floorid:1 mstrm:10
   a=floorid:2 mstrm:11
   a=bfcpver:2
   m=audio 50002 RTP/AVP 0
   a=label:10
   m=video 50004 RTP/AVP 31
   a=label:11

   The following is the answer returned by the server.

   m=application 55000 UDP/TLS/BFCP *
   a=setup:active
   a=dtls-id:abc3dl
   a=fingerprint:sha-256 \
        6B:8B:F0:65:5F:78:E2:51:3B:AC:6F:F3:3F:46:1B:35: \
        DC:B8:5F:64:1A:24:C2:43:F0:A1:58:D0:A1:2C:19:08
   a=floorctrl:s-only
   a=confid:4321
   a=userid:1234
   a=floorid:1 mstrm:10
   a=floorid:2 mstrm:11
   a=bfcpver:2
   m=audio 55002 RTP/AVP 0
   m=video 55004 RTP/AVP 31

15.  Security Considerations

   The BFCP [7], SDP [10], and offer/answer [4] specifications discuss
   security issues related to BFCP, SDP, and offer/answer, respectively.
   In addition, [6] and [9] discuss security issues related to the
   establishment of TCP and TLS connections using an offer/answer model.
   Furthermore, when using DTLS over UDP, considerations for its use
   with RTP and RTCP are presented in [14].  The requirements for the
   offer/answer exchange, as listed in Section 5 of [14], MUST be
   followed.

   An initial integrity-protected channel is REQUIRED for BFCP to
   exchange self-signed certificates between a client and the floor

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   control server.  For session descriptions carried in SIP [3], S/MIME
   [5] is the natural choice to provide such a channel.

16.  IANA Considerations

      [Editorial note: The changes in Section 16.1 instruct the IANA to
      register the three new values TCP/DTLS/BFCP, UDP/BFCP and UDP/TLS/
      BFCP for the SDP 'proto' field.  The new section Section 16.6
      registers a new SDP "bfcpver" attribute.  The rest is unchanged
      from [15].]

16.1.  Registration of SDP 'proto' Values

   The IANA has registered the following values for the SDP 'proto'
   field under the Session Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters
   registry:

                      +---------------+------------+
                      | Value         | Reference  |
                      +---------------+------------+
                      | TCP/BFCP      | [RFC XXXX] |
                      | TCP/DTLS/BFCP | [RFC XXXX] |
                      | TCP/TLS/BFCP  | [RFC XXXX] |
                      | UDP/BFCP      | [RFC XXXX] |
                      | UDP/TLS/BFCP  | [RFC XXXX] |
                      +---------------+------------+

                 Table 3: Values for the SDP 'proto' field

16.2.  Registration of the SDP 'floorctrl' Attribute

   The IANA has registered the following SDP att-field under the Session
   Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters registry:

   Contact name:               iesg@ietf.org

   Attribute name:             floorctrl

   Long-form attribute name:   Floor Control

   Type of attribute:          Media level

   Subject to charset:         No

   Purpose of attribute:       The 'floorctrl' attribute is used to
      perform floor control server determination.

   Allowed attribute values:   1*("c-only" / "s-only" / "c-s")

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16.3.  Registration of the SDP 'confid' Attribute

   The IANA has registered the following SDP att-field under the Session
   Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters registry:

   Contact name:               iesg@ietf.org

   Attribute name:             confid

   Long-form attribute name:   Conference Identifier

   Type of attribute:          Media level

   Subject to charset:         No

   Purpose of attribute:       The 'confid' attribute carries the
      integer representation of a Conference ID.

   Allowed attribute values:   A token

16.4.  Registration of the SDP 'userid' Attribute

   The IANA has registered the following SDP att-field under the Session
   Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters registry:

   Contact name:               iesg@ietf.org

   Attribute name:             userid

   Long-form attribute name:   User Identifier

   Type of attribute:          Media level

   Subject to charset:         No

   Purpose of attribute:       The 'userid' attribute carries the
      integer representation of a User ID.

   Allowed attribute values:   A token

16.5.  Registration of the SDP 'floorid' Attribute

   The IANA has registered the following SDP att-field under the Session
   Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters registry:

   Contact name:               iesg@ietf.org

   Attribute name:             floorid

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   Long-form attribute name:   Floor Identifier

   Type of attribute:          Media level

   Subject to charset:         No

   Purpose of attribute:       The 'floorid' attribute associates a
      floor with one or more media streams.

   Allowed attribute values:   Tokens

16.6.  Registration of the SDP 'bfcpver' Attribute

   The IANA has registered the following SDP att-field under the Session
   Description Protocol (SDP) Parameters registry:

   Contact name:               iesg@ietf.org

   Attribute name:             bfcpver

   Long-form attribute name:   BFCP Version

   Type of attribute:          Media level

   Subject to charset:         No

   Purpose of attribute:       The 'bfcpver' attribute lists supported
      BFCP versions.

   Allowed attribute values:   Tokens

17.  Changes from RFC 4583

   Following is the list of technical changes and other fixes from [16].

   Main purpose of this work was to add signaling support necessary to
   support BFCP over unreliable transport, as described in [7],
   resulting in the following changes:

   1.  Fields in the 'm' line (Section 3):
       The section is re-written to remove reference to the exclusivity
       of TCP as a transport for BFCP streams.  The proto field values
       TCP/DTLS/BFCP, UDP/BFCP and UDP/TLS/BFCP added.

   2.  Authentication (Section 11):
       In last paragraph, made clear that a TCP connection was
       described.

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   3.  Security Considerations (Section 15):
       For the DTLS over UDP case, mention existing considerations and
       requirements for the offer/answer exchange in [14].

   4.  Registration of SDP 'proto' Values (Section 16.1):
       Register the three new values TCP/DTLS/BFCP, UDP/BFCP and
       UDP/TLS/BFCP in the SDP parameters registry.

   5.  BFCP Version Negotiation (Section 8):
       A new 'bfcpver' SDP media-level attribute is added in order to
       signal supported version number.

   Clarification and bug fixes:

   1.  Errata ID: 712 (Section 4 and Section 13):
       Language clarification.  Don't use terms like an SDP attribute is
       "used in an 'm' line", instead make clear that the attribute is a
       media-level attribute.

   2.  Fix typo in example (Section 14):
       Do not use 'm-stream' in the SDP example, use the correct 'mstrm'
       as specified in Section 14.  Recommend interpreting 'm-stream' if
       it is received, since it is present in some implementations.

   3.  Assorted clarifications (Across the document):
       Language clarifications as a result of reviews.  Also, the
       normative language where tightened where appropriate, i.e.
       changed from SHOULD strength to MUST in a number of places.

18.  Acknowledgements

   Joerg Ott, Keith Drage, Alan Johnston, Eric Rescorla, Roni Even, and
   Oscar Novo provided useful ideas for the original [16].  The authors
   also acknowledge contributions to the revision of BFCP for use over
   an unreliable transport from Geir Arne Sandbakken, Charles Eckel,
   Alan Ford, Eoin McLeod and Mark Thompson.  Useful and important final
   reviews were done by Ali C.  Begen, Mary Barnes and Charles Eckel.
   In the final stages, Roman Shpount made a considerable effort in
   adding proper ICE support and considerations.

19.  References

19.1.  Normative References

   [1]        Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
              Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC2119, March 1997,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc2119>.

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   [2]        Crocker, D., Ed. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax
              Specifications: ABNF", STD 68, RFC 5234,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC5234, January 2008,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5234>.

   [3]        Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston,
              A., Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E.
              Schooler, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3261, June 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3261>.

   [4]        Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An Offer/Answer Model
              with Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 3264,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC3264, June 2002,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3264>.

   [5]        Ramsdell, B. and S. Turner, "Secure/Multipurpose Internet
              Mail Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.2 Certificate
              Handling", RFC 5750, DOI 10.17487/RFC5750, January 2010,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5750>.

   [6]        Yon, D. and G. Camarillo, "TCP-Based Media Transport in
              the Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 4145,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4145, September 2005,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4145>.

   [7]        Camarillo, G., Drage, K., Kristensen, T., Ott, J., and C.
              Eckel, "The Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP)", draft-
              ietf-bfcpbis-rfc4582bis-16 (work in progress), November
              2015.

   [8]        Levin, O. and G. Camarillo, "The Session Description
              Protocol (SDP) Label Attribute", RFC 4574,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC4574, August 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4574>.

   [9]        Lennox, J. and C. Holmberg, "Connection-Oriented Media
              Transport over the Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol
              in the Session Description Protocol (SDP)", RFC 8122,
              DOI 10.17487/RFC8122, March 2017,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8122>.

   [10]       Handley, M., Jacobson, V., and C. Perkins, "SDP: Session
              Description Protocol", RFC 4566, DOI 10.17487/RFC4566,
              July 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4566>.

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   [11]       Rescorla, E. and N. Modadugu, "Datagram Transport Layer
              Security Version 1.2", RFC 6347, DOI 10.17487/RFC6347,
              January 2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6347>.

   [12]       Lazzaro, J., "Framing Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)
              and RTP Control Protocol (RTCP) Packets over Connection-
              Oriented Transport", RFC 4571, DOI 10.17487/RFC4571, July
              2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4571>.

   [13]       Rosenberg, J., Keranen, A., Lowekamp, B., and A. Roach,
              "TCP Candidates with Interactive Connectivity
              Establishment (ICE)", RFC 6544, DOI 10.17487/RFC6544,
              March 2012, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc6544>.

   [14]       Holmberg, C. and R. Shpount, "Session Description Protocol
              (SDP) Offer/Answer Considerations for Datagram Transport
              Layer Security (DTLS) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)",
              draft-ietf-mmusic-dtls-sdp-32 (work in progress), October
              2017.

   [15]       Camarillo, G., Ott, J., and K. Drage, "The Binary Floor
              Control Protocol (BFCP)", RFC 4582, DOI 10.17487/RFC4582,
              November 2006, <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4582>.

   [16]       Camarillo, G., "Session Description Protocol (SDP) Format
              for Binary Floor Control Protocol (BFCP) Streams",
              RFC 4583, DOI 10.17487/RFC4583, November 2006,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc4583>.

   [17]       Keranen, A., Holmberg, C., and J. Rosenberg, "Interactive
              Connectivity Establishment (ICE): A Protocol for Network
              Address Translator (NAT) Traversal", draft-ietf-ice-
              rfc5245bis-20 (work in progress), March 2018.

   [18]       Petit-Huguenin, M., Keranen, A., and S. Nandakumar,
              "Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer
              procedures for Interactive Connectivity Establishment
              (ICE)", draft-ietf-mmusic-ice-sip-sdp-16 (work in
              progress), November 2017.

19.2.  Informational References

   [19]       Lennox, J., Ott, J., and T. Schierl, "Source-Specific
              Media Attributes in the Session Description Protocol
              (SDP)", RFC 5576, DOI 10.17487/RFC5576, June 2009,
              <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5576>.

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   [20]       Holmberg, C., Alvestrand, H., and C. Jennings,
              "Negotiating Media Multiplexing Using the Session
              Description Protocol (SDP)", draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-bundle-
              negotiation-49 (work in progress), March 2018.

   [21]       Nandakumar, S., "A Framework for SDP Attributes when
              Multiplexing", draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-mux-attributes-17
              (work in progress), February 2018.

Authors' Addresses

   Christer Holmberg
   Ericsson
   Hirsalantie 11
   Jorvas  02420
   Finland

   Email: christer.holmberg@ericsson.com

   Gonzalo Camarillo
   Ericsson
   Hirsalantie 11
   FI-02420 Jorvas
   Finland

   Email: Gonzalo.Camarillo@ericsson.com

   Tom Kristensen
   Cisco
   Philip Pedersens vei 1
   NO-1366 Lysaker
   Norway

   Email: tomkrist@cisco.com, tomkri@ifi.uio.no

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