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RTP (Real-Time Transport Protocol) and SRTP (Secure RTP)

The Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP ) is a network protocol which described how to transmit various media (audio, video) from one endpoint to another in a real-time fashion. RTP is suitable for video-streaming application, telephony over IP like Skype and conference technologies.

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The secure version of RTP, SRTP , is used by WebRTC , and uses encryption and authentication to minimize the risk of denial-of-service attacks and security breaches.

RTP is rarely used alone; instead, it is used in conjunction with other protocols like RTSP and SDP .

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Updated on April 20, 2024 by Datarist.