With SDP Security Descriptions (SDES), the SRTP master key and salt travel inline in the SDP crypto attribute, and RFC 4568 requires the signaling carrying them to be protected for confidentiality and integrity (for example by TLS or S/MIME).

Checked 2026-09-24

Vendor
IETF
Product
SDES
Subsystem
SRTP keying
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 4568
Checked
2026-09-24

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). SIP capture and analysis with Wireshark and sngrep and HOMER: source note sip-capture-analysis-sdes-keys-in-sdp. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-capture-analysis-sdes-keys-in-sdp

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@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-capture-analysis-sdes-keys-in-sdp,
  title  = {SIP capture and analysis with Wireshark and sngrep and HOMER: source note sip-capture-analysis-sdes-keys-in-sdp},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-capture-analysis-sdes-keys-in-sdp},
  note   = {Source note sip-capture-analysis-sdes-keys-in-sdp, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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