BFCPbis Working Group G. Camarillo
Internet-Draft Ericsson
Obsoletes: 4583 (if approved) T. Kristensen
Intended status: Standards Track Cisco
Expires: December 21, 2018 C. Holmberg
Ericsson
June 19, 2018
Session Description Protocol (SDP) Format for Binary Floor Control
Protocol (BFCP) Streams
draft-ietf-bfcpbis-rfc4583bis-24
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. Floor Control Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
4. Fields in the 'm' Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. SDP Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.1. SDP 'floorctrl' Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.2. SDP 'confid' and 'userid' Attributes . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.3. SDP 'floorid' Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.4. SDP 'bfcpver' Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Multiplexing Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7. BFCP Connection Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7.1. TCP Connection Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8. TLS/DTLS Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9. ICE Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10. SDP Offer/Answer Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
10.1. Generating the Initial SDP Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
10.2. Generating the SDP Answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
10.3. Offerer Processing of the SDP Answer . . . . . . . . . . 14
10.4. Modifying the Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
11. Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
12. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
13. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
13.1. Registration of SDP 'proto' Values . . . . . . . . . . . 18
13.2. Registration of the SDP 'floorctrl' Attribute . . . . . 18
13.3. Registration of the SDP 'confid' Attribute . . . . . . . 18
13.4. Registration of the SDP 'userid' Attribute . . . . . . . 18
13.5. Registration of the SDP 'floorid' Attribute . . . . . . 18
13.6. Registration of the SDP 'bfcpver' Attribute . . . . . . 19
14. Changes from RFC 4583 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
15. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
16. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
16.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
16.2. Informational References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1. Introduction
As discussed in the BFCP (Binary Floor Control Protocol)
specification [16], a given BFCP client needs a set of data in order
to establish a BFCP connection to a floor control server. This data
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includes the transport address of the server, the conference
identifier, and the user identifier.
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.
Section 4 defines how the field values in 'm' line representing a
BFCP connection are set.
Section 5 defines SDP attributes that are used when negotiating a
BFCP connection.
Section 6 defines multiplexing considerations for a BFCP connection.
Section 7 defines procedures for managing a BFCP connection.
Section 8 defines TLS and DTLS considerations when negotiating a BFCP
connection.
Section 9 defines the Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE)
[14] considerations when negotiating a BFCP connection.
Section 10 defines the SDP offer/answer procedures for negotiating a
BFCP connection.
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. 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
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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.
4. Fields in the 'm' Line
This section describes how to generate an 'm' line for a BFCP stream.
According to the SDP specification [8], 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 [5]. Depending on the value of the 'setup' attribute
(discussed in Section 7.1), 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.
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 [9], as
described in this specification, which in turn runs on top of TCP
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using the framing method defined in [10] 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 *
5. SDP Attributes
5.1. 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
described in Section 5.1, an endpoint can take different roles for
different media streams, but for a given media stream an endpoint can
only take one role.
Attribute Name: floorctrl
Attribute Value: floor-control
Usage Level: media
Charset Dependent: No
Mux Category: TBD
The Augmented BNF syntax [RFC5234] for the attribute is:
floor-control = 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.
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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 [13] 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 10.
The following is an example of a 'floorctrl' attribute in an offer:
a=floorctrl:c-only s-only c-s
5.2. 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.
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Attribute Name: confid
Attribute Value: conference-id
Usage Level: media
Charset Dependent: No
Mux Category: TBD
The Augmented BNF syntax [RFC5234] for the attribute is:
conference-id = 1*DIGIT
;DIGIT is defined in [RFC5234]
Attribute Name: userid
Attribute Value: user-id
Usage Level: media
Charset Dependent: No
Mux Category: TBD
The Augmented BNF syntax [RFC5234] for the attribute is:
user-id = 1*DIGIT
;DIGIT is defined in [RFC5234]
The SDP Offer/Answer procedures for the 'confid' and 'userid'
attributes are defined in Section 10.
5.3. 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.
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Attribute Name: floorid
Attribute Value: floor-id
Usage Level: media
Charset Dependent: No
Mux Category: TBD
The Augmented BNF syntax [RFC5234] for the attribute is:
floor-id = "a=floorid:" 1*DIGIT SP "mstrm:" token *(SP token)
;DIGIT is defined in [RFC5234]
;token is defined in [RFC4566]
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 [6] of a media stream.
The SDP Offer/Answer procedures for the 'floorid' attribute are
defined in Section 10.
Note: In [13] 'm-stream' was erroneously used in Section 11.
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.
5.4. 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:
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Attribute Name: bfcpver
Attribute Value: bfcp-version
Usage Level: media
Charset Dependent: No
Mux Category: TBD
The Augmented BNF syntax [RFC5234] for the attribute is:
bfcp-version = "a=bfcpver:" version *(SP version)
version = 1*DIGIT
;DIGIT is defined in [RFC5234]
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
[16]. The BFCP version that will eventually be used will be conveyed
with a BFCP-level Hello/HelloAck.
Endpoints compliant with [13] might not always include the 'bfcpver'
attribute in offers and answers. The attribute value, if present,
MUST be in accordance with the definition of the Version field in
[16]. If the attribute is not present, endpoints MUST assume a
default value in accordance with [16]: 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 value
is inferred from the transport specified in the 'm' line (Section 4)
associated with the stream.
The SDP Offer/Answer procedures for the 'bfcpver' attribute are
defined in Section 10.
6. Multiplexing Considerations
[19] 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 [19]. Note that BFCP-
controlled media streams might be multiplexed with other media
streams.
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[20] defines the mux categories for the SDP attributes defined in
this specification. Table 2 defines the mux category for the
'bfcpver' attribute:
+---------+-------------------------------------+-------+-----------+
| Name | Notes | Level | Mux |
| | | | Category |
+---------+-------------------------------------+-------+-----------+
| bfcpver | Needs further analysis in a | M | TBD |
| | separate specification | | |
+---------+-------------------------------------+-------+-----------+
Table 2: Multiplexing Attribute Analysis
7. 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)
[14], 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.
7.1. TCP Connection Management
The management of the TCP connection used to transport BFCP messages
is performed using the SDP 'setup' and 'connection' attributes [5].
The 'setup' attribute indicates which of the endpoints initiates the
TCP connection. The 'connection' attribute handles TCP connection
re-establishment.
The BFCP specification [16] 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 [16], 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
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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.
8. TLS/DTLS Considerations
When DTLS is used with UDP, the generic procedures defined in
Section 5 of [17] MUST be followed.
When TLS is used with TCP, once the underlying connection is
established, the answerer always acts as the TLS server. 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.
Note: For TLS, it was decided to keep the original procedures in
[13] to determine which endpoint acts as the TLS server in order
to retain backwards compatibility.
9. ICE Considerations
Generic SDP offer/answer procedures for Interactive Connectivity
Establishment (ICE) are defined in [15].
When BFCP is used with UDP based ICE candidates [14] then the
procedures for UDP/TLS/BFCP are used.
When BFCP is used with TCP based ICE candidates [11] then the
procedures for TCP/DTLS/BFCP are used.
Based on the procedures defined in [17], 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.
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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.
10. 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 [17]. Generic procedures for TLS are defined in
[7].
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.
Within this document, 'initial offer' refers to the first offer,
within an SDP session (e.g. a SIP dialog when the Session Initiation
Protocol (SIP) [3] is used to carry SDP), in which the offerer
indicates that it wants to negotiate the establishment of a BFCP
stream.
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 [7].
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 [5].
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 [5].
Note: The use of source-specific SDP parameters [18] is not
defined to BFCP streams.
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10.1. Generating the Initial SDP Offer
When the offerer creates an initial offer, the offerer MUST associate
an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute (Section 5.1) and an SDP 'bfcpver'
attribute (Section 5.4) with the 'm' line.
In addition, if the offerer includes an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute
with 's-only' or 'c-s' attribute values in the offer, the offerer:
o MUST associate an SDP 'confid' attribute (Section 5.2) with the
'm' line; and
o MUST associate an SDP 'userid' attribute (Section 5.2) with the
'm' line; and
o MUST associate an SDP 'floorid' attribute (Section 5.3) with the
'm' line; and
o MUST associate an SDP 'label' attribute (Section 5.3) with the 'm'
line of each BFCP-controlled media stream.
Note: If the offerer includes an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute with a
'c-s' attribute value, or both a 'c-only' and a 's-only' attribute
value, in the offer, the attribute values above will only be used
if it is determined (Section 5.1) that the offerer will act as
floor control server. If it is determined that the offerer will
act as both floor control server and floor control client, the
attribute values will be used for the BFCP-controlled media
streams where the offerer acts as floor control server.
10.2. Generating the SDP Answer
When the answerer receives an offer, which contains an 'm' line
describing a BFCP stream, the answerer MUST check whether it supports
one or more of the BFCP versions supported by the offerer
(Section 5.4). If the answerer does not support any of the BFCP
versions, it MUST NOT accept the 'm' line. Otherwise, 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]; and
o MUST associate a 'bfcpver' attribute with the 'm' line. The
answerer only indicates support of BFCP versions also supported by
the offerer; and
o MUST, if the offer contained an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute,
associate a 'floorctrl' attribute with the 'm' line.
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In addition, if the answerer includes an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute
with 's-only' or 'c-s' attribute values in the answer, the answerer:
o MUST associate an SDP 'confid' attribute with the 'm' line; and
o MUST associate an SDP 'userid' attribute with the 'm' line; and
o MUST associate an SDP 'floorid' attribute with the 'm' line; and
o MUST associate an SDP 'label' attribute with the 'm' line of each
BFCP-controlled media stream.
Note: If the answerer includes an SDP 'floorctrl' attribute with
an 'c-s' attribute value in the answer, the attribute values will
be used for the BFCP-controlled media streams where the answerer
acts as floor control server.
Note: An offerer compliant with [13] 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.
10.3. 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 offerer 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
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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).
Note: An answerer compliant with [13] 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 (e.g., if
the answerer only indicates support of BFCP versions not supported by
the offerer), the offerer MUST NOT establish a TCP connection or a
TLS/DTLS connection associated with the 'm' line.
10.4. 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 10.1, 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].
11. 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 2
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:1 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
12. Security Considerations
The BFCP [16], SDP [8], and offer/answer [4] specifications discuss
security issues related to BFCP, SDP, and offer/answer, respectively.
In addition, [5] and [7] discuss security issues related to the
establishment of TCP and TLS connections using an offer/answer model.
Furthermore, when using DTLS over UDP, the generic offer/answer
considerations defined in [17] MUST be followed.
13. IANA Considerations
[Editorial note: The changes in Section 13.1 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 5.4
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registers a new SDP "bfcpver" attribute. The rest is unchanged
from [12].]
13.1. 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
13.2. Registration of the SDP 'floorctrl' Attribute
This document defines the SDP attribute,'floorctrl'. The details of
the attribute are defined in Section 5.1.
For issues regarding this attribute contact iesg@ietf.org.
13.3. Registration of the SDP 'confid' Attribute
This document defines the SDP attribute,'confid'. The details of the
attribute are defined in Section 5.2.
For issues regarding this attribute contact iesg@ietf.org.
13.4. Registration of the SDP 'userid' Attribute
This document defines the SDP attribute,'userid'. The details of the
attribute are defined in Section 5.2.
For issues regarding this attribute contact iesg@ietf.org.
13.5. Registration of the SDP 'floorid' Attribute
This document defines the SDP attribute,'floorid'. The details of
the attribute are defined in Section 5.3.
For issues regarding this attribute contact iesg@ietf.org.
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13.6. Registration of the SDP 'bfcpver' Attribute
This document defines the SDP attribute,'bfcpver'. The details of
the attribute are defined in Section 5.4.
For issues regarding this attribute contact iesg@ietf.org.
14. Changes from RFC 4583
Following is the list of technical changes and other fixes from [13].
Main purpose of this work was to add signaling support necessary to
support BFCP over unreliable transport, as described in [16],
resulting in the following changes:
1. Fields in the 'm' line (Section 4):
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 8):
In last paragraph, made clear that a TCP connection was
described.
3. Security Considerations (Section 12):
For the DTLS over UDP case, mention existing considerations and
requirements for the offer/answer exchange in [17].
4. Registration of SDP 'proto' Values (Section 13.1):
Register the three new values TCP/DTLS/BFCP, UDP/BFCP and
UDP/TLS/BFCP in the SDP parameters registry.
5. BFCP Version Negotiation (Section 5.4):
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 3 and Section 10):
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 11):
Do not use 'm-stream' in the SDP example, use the correct 'mstrm'
as specified in Section 11. Recommend interpreting 'm-stream' if
it is received, since it is present in some implementations.
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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.
15. Acknowledgements
Joerg Ott, Keith Drage, Alan Johnston, Eric Rescorla, Roni Even, and
Oscar Novo provided useful ideas for the original [13]. 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.
16. References
16.1. 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>.
[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] 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>.
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[6] 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>.
[7] 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>.
[8] 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>.
[9] 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>.
[10] 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>.
[11] 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>.
[12] 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>.
[13] 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>.
[14] 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.
[15] Petit-Huguenin, M., Nandakumar, S., and A. Keranen,
"Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer
procedures for Interactive Connectivity Establishment
(ICE)", draft-ietf-mmusic-ice-sip-sdp-20 (work in
progress), April 2018.
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[16] 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.
[17] 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.
16.2. Informational References
[18] 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>.
[19] Holmberg, C., Alvestrand, H., and C. Jennings,
"Negotiating Media Multiplexing Using the Session
Description Protocol (SDP)", draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-bundle-
negotiation-51 (work in progress), May 2018.
[20] Nandakumar, S., "A Framework for SDP Attributes when
Multiplexing", draft-ietf-mmusic-sdp-mux-attributes-17
(work in progress), February 2018.
Authors' Addresses
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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Christer Holmberg
Ericsson
Hirsalantie 11
Jorvas 02420
Finland
Email: christer.holmberg@ericsson.com
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