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Web Real-Time Communication is an API definition drafted by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) created for browser-to-browser communication enabling audio, video and filesharing built directly into the browser.

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Relaying audio stream from external http url to webrtc [closed]

Receives audio stream from external url then send to webrtc server, which will broadcast to listeners. Is there some hint for it?
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Does Google Meet leak my IP?

My friend asked me if it possible to get somebody's IP from Google Meet just by being in the same meeting. He found a video that says it is possible. But when I read about webRTC and STUN servers, I ...
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Is WireGuard fixed IP address obtainable by LAN clients if VPN is running on the router? WebRTC/STUN risk?

WireGuard does not assign dynamic IP addresses, which may be a privacy risk. It is known that while WireGuard may offer advantages in terms of performance, by design it is not ideal for privacy, ...
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WebRTC IP leak in 2021 [duplicate]

it's been a while since WebRTC was seen as a possible opportunity for IP leak when using a VPN. We're in 2021 today and I was wondering if there have been some improvements with this protocol in term ...
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Am I exposed to WebRTC leaks if my IP resulting from WebRTC is the IP of my VPN server with the last digit augmented by one?

I am connecting to the website of ExpressVPN that checks for WebRTC IP leaks. My IP as resulting from that website is the same IP of the VPN server I am connected to but with the last digit augmented ...
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Why does my IP being leaked with system-wide proxy through webTRC, but it doesn't happen when I use system-wide VPN

WebRTC manages to leak my IP when I use proxy, but when I use VPN it only shows VPN server's IP (both proxy and VPN were system-wide). What's the key difference? Google Chrome was used in both tests (...
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Is the video/audio traffic from WebRTC TURN relay servers encrypted end-to-end? As with the applications Signal and Jitsi Meet

Today I found a video on YouTube that surprised me (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pkc3sE6iKV4). It is by Rob Braxman, a privacy advocate with a lot of expertise. He talks about all kinds of video ...
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What, if anything, are the consequences of temporarily enabling and then disabling WebRTC in Firefox?

For security and privacy purposes, it's best to keep WebRTC disabled if you aren't using it. Firefox makes this easy by simply setting media.peerconnection.enabled to false. Due to COVID-19, the use ...
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Can Ed25519 be used to mitigate MITM attack on WebRTC with an untrusted signaling channel?

Based on this question, I've discovered that the signaling channel for WebRTC must be trusted in order to prevent MITM attacks. This is unfortunate for a P2P use-cases where the signaling channel is ...
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Is the SDP a=crypto attribute relevant when DTLS-SRTP is used?

The a=crypto attribute in RFC 4568 has a separate section 9.2. for SRTP "Crypto" Attribute Grammar. What it basically includes is a list of attribute values required for encrypting media (...
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Is public and local IP addresses of computer behind NAT a sensitive information? [duplicate]

So I'm playing with WebRTC and I've found that you can get public IP and local IP of other computer. Here is my code that show IP https://codepen.io/jcubic/pen/yvMeRg?editors=1010 (the code is used ...
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Fortigate "WebRTC.Local.IP.Addresses.Disclosure" Event

We have a Fortigate perimeter firewall, and today I detected this event. What should I do to improve protection? How can someone obtain local IP address through a firewall? The following alert was ...
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How to decrypt Diffie-Hellman encryption in WebRTC?

I have installed a WebRTC server application, which is designed for Contact Center solutions: communicates with internal PCs in pure RTP (agents), and with external PCs (customers) using encrypted ...
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What is the point of TURNS in WebRTC

WebRTC makes use of TURN-Servers if the direct peer to peer connection fails. There are two protocols available: TURN and TURNS (TURN over TLS). According to the MDN: All data transferred using ...
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Fooling live-video authentication [closed]

I don't know if this is a good site to ask this question but it's the best fit I've found so far. I've started signing up to cryptocurrency exchanges. Many of them require users to send digital ...
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