RFC 7118 defines Via transport values WS for plain WebSocket and WSS for secure WebSocket, and recommends that SIP over WebSocket be protected with WSS (TLS).

Checked 2026-09-24

It is RECOMMENDED that the SIP traffic transported over a WebSocket communication be protected by using a secure WebSocket connection (using TLS over TCP).
Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP over WebSocket
Subsystem
signaling
Deployment
browser
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 7118
Checked
2026-09-24

Sources

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 24). WebRTC in modern contact centers: source note webrtc-deployment-sip-ws-via-transports. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/webrtc-deployment-sip-ws-via-transports

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-webrtc-deployment-sip-ws-via-transports,
  title  = {WebRTC in modern contact centers: source note webrtc-deployment-sip-ws-via-transports},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/webrtc-deployment-sip-ws-via-transports},
  note   = {Source note webrtc-deployment-sip-ws-via-transports, checked 2026-09-24}
}

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