Articles by Maire Reavy
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Controlling WebRTC PeerConnections with an extension
Author’s note: Firefox recently added some features (in Firefox 42) to allow users to exercise added control over WebRTC RTCPeerConnections, IP address gathering used in connecting them, and what IP addresses are exposed to JS applications. For a detailed explanation of the issues this is addressing and why Firefox is addressing them, please see my […]
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Firefox multistream and renegotiation for Jitsi Videobridge
Firefox multistream and renegotiation for Jitsi Videobridge Author’s note: Firefox landed support for multistream and renegotiation support in Firefox 38. This article talks about how the team at Jitsi Videobridge, a WebRTC service, collaborated with the Firefox WebRTC team to get Jitsi’s multi-party video conferencing working well in Firefox. In the process, several issues were […]
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WebRTC requires Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) starting in Firefox 38
Today, we are announcing that Firefox 38 will take further measures to secure users’ communications by removing support in WebRTC for all DTLS cipher suites that do not support forward secrecy. For developers: if you have a WebRTC application or server that doesn’t support PFS ciphers, you will need to update your code. Forward secrecy, […]
