In SRTP the encrypted portion is the RTP payload; the RTP header, including sequence number and SSRC, is authenticated but not encrypted.

Checked 2026-09-24

The Encrypted Portion of an SRTP packet consists of the encryption of the RTP payload (including RTP padding when present)
Vendor
IETF
Product
SRTP
Subsystem
packet format
Deployment
multi-tenant, on-premises
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 3711
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). Analysing a SIP call in Wireshark: source note sip-call-analysis-wireshark-srtp-payload-encrypted. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-call-analysis-wireshark-srtp-payload-encrypted

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-call-analysis-wireshark-srtp-payload-encrypted,
  title  = {Analysing a SIP call in Wireshark: source note sip-call-analysis-wireshark-srtp-payload-encrypted},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-call-analysis-wireshark-srtp-payload-encrypted},
  note   = {Source note sip-call-analysis-wireshark-srtp-payload-encrypted, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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