Browser-to-Browser Security Assurances for WebRTC

Author

Barnes, Richard L. ; Thomson, Murray

Volume

18

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Nov.-Dec. 2014

Firstpage

11

Lastpage

17

Abstract

For several years, browsers have been able to assure users that they are talking to a specific, identified website, protected from network-based attackers. In email, messaging, and other applications where sites act as intermediaries, there is a need for additional protections to provide end-to-end security. This article describes the approach that WebRTC takes to providing end-to-end security, leveraging both the flexibility of JavaScript and the ability of browsers to create constraints through JavaScript APIs.

Keywords

Java; Web sites; application program interfaces; computer network security; online front-ends; protection; JavaScript; JavaScript API; Web Real-Time Communications; Web browsers; Web site protection; WebRTC; browser-to-browser security assurances; data protection; emails; end-to-end security; messaging; network-based attackers; Browsers; Internet; Network security; Peer-to-peer computing; Quality assurance; Real-time systems; Standards; Web services; WebRTC; Internet; Web technologies; WebRTC; protocols; standards;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2014.106

Filename

6894480