The WebTransport Protocol Framework
draft-ietf-webtrans-overview-00
WEBTRANS V. Vasiliev
Internet-Draft Google
Intended status: Standards Track 17 April 2020
Expires: 19 October 2020
The WebTransport Protocol Framework
draft-ietf-webtrans-overview-00
Abstract
The WebTransport Protocol Framework enables clients constrained by
the Web security model to communicate with a remote server using a
secure multiplexed transport. It consists of a set of individual
protocols that are safe to expose to untrusted applications, combined
with a model that allows them to be used interchangeably.
This document defines the overall requirements on the protocols used
in WebTransport, as well as the common features of the protocols,
support for some of which may be optional.
Note to Readers
Discussion of this draft takes place on the WebTransport mailing list
(webtransport@ietf.org), which is archived at
<https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/search/?email_list=webtransport>.
The repository tracking the issues for this draft can be found at
<https://github.com/ietf-wg-webtrans/draft-ietf-webtrans-overview/
issues>. The web API draft corresponding to this document can be
found at <https://wicg.github.io/web-transport/>.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2. Conventions and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Common Transport Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3. Session Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4. Transport Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4.1. Datagrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.2. Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4.3. Protocol-Specific Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.4. Bandwidth Prediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. Buffering and Prioritization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
6. Transport Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1. Introduction
The WebTransport Protocol Framework enables clients constrained by
the Web security model to communicate with a remote server using a
secure multiplexed transport. It consists of a set of individual
protocols that are safe to expose to untrusted applications, combined
with a model that allows them to be used interchangeably.
This document defines the overall requirements on the protocols used
in WebTransport, as well as the common features of the protocols,
support for some of which may be optional.
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1.1. Background
Historically, web applications that needed a bidirectional data
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