Internet-Draft ALPN usage for SIP August 2021
Johansson Expires 18 February 2022 [Page]
Workgroup:
Internet Engineering Task Force
Internet-Draft:
draft-ietf-xml2rfc-template-06
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Intended Status:
Standards Track
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Author:
O.E.J. Johansson, Ed.
Edvina AB

TLS ALPN usage in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

Abstract

Many SIP specifications use other protocols in addition to the core SIP protocol, like HTTP and MSRP. In order to be able to use multiple protocols on the same port with TLS, a TLS Application Protocol Negotiation Extension (ALPN) protocol ID is needed (RFC 7301 [RFC7301]). This document registers "sip" as the ALPN protocol ID for the SIP protocol.

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Table of Contents

1. Introduction

A modern SIP server not only supports the Session Initation Protocol (RFC 3261 [RFC3261]), but also needs to support HTTP and possibly other related protocols, like MSRP. To reduce the number of ports used, a SIP server supporting Transport Layer Security (TLS) can support multiple protocols on the same port, provided the clients signal protocol usage with ALPN.

2. ALPN registration

Registration following the specification in RFC 7301 [RFC7301]

3. Acknowledgements

This document was inspired by registration feedback from Rich Salz.

4. IANA Considerations

This document registres a new ALPN in the "Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation (ALPN) Protocol IDs" registry under the existing "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Extensions" heading.

5. Security Considerations

This document modifies the behaviour of compliant SIP servers when being used by compliant SIP implementations (servers and clients). It does not add any known security issues to the protocol.

For security considerations related to usage of ALPN in TLS, see RFC 7301 [RFC7301]

6. Normative References

[RFC3261]
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, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc3261>.
[RFC7301]
Friedl, S., Popov, A., Langley, A., and E. Stephan, "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation Extension", RFC 7301, DOI 10.17487/RFC7301, , <https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7301>.

Author's Address

Olle E. Johansson (editor)
Edvina AB
Sollentuna
Sweden