RFC 8842: Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer Considerations for Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)

Publisher

IETF / RFC Editor

URL

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8842.html

Published

2021-01-01

Updated

unknown

Accessed

2026-09-23

HTTP status

200

License

IETF Trust Legal Provisions (BCP 78); no-redistribution; short excerpts and locators only

Source notes citing this source

• Under RFC 8842, modifying, adding or removing a fingerprint value in an SDP offer or answer requires a new DTLS association. in context
• RFC 8842 defines the media-level a=tls-id attribute. The offerer's and answerer's values together identify a DTLS association, and a new value is required for each new association. in context
• RFC 8842 (January 2021) updates RFC 5763 and RFC 7345 with offer/answer rules for DTLS and TLS in SDP. in context

Cite this source record

APA

WarmTransfer. (2021, January 1). RFC 8842: Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer Considerations for Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) and Transport Layer Security (TLS). WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-8842-dtls-sdp-setup

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-rfc-8842-dtls-sdp-setup,
  title  = {RFC 8842: Session Description Protocol (SDP) Offer/Answer Considerations for Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) and Transport Layer Security (TLS)},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2021},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/sources/rfc-8842-dtls-sdp-setup},
  note   = {IETF / RFC Editor, accessed 2026-09-23}
}