MSRPRelay

= MSRP Relay =

A series of related instant messages between two or more parties can be viewed as part of a "message session", that is, a conversational exchange of messages with a definite beginning and end. This is in contrast to individual messages each sent independently. Messaging schemes that track only individual messages can be described as "page-mode" messaging, whereas messaging that is part of a "session" with a definite start and end is called "session-mode" messaging.

Page-mode messaging is enabled in SIP via the SIP MESSAGE method. Session-mode messaging has a number of benefits over page-mode messaging, however, such as explicit rendezvous, tighter integration with other media-types, direct client-to-client operation, and brokered privacy and security.

Message Session Relay Protocol (MSRP) is a protocol for transmitting a series of related instant messages in the context of a session. Message sessions are treated like any other media stream when set up via a rendezvous or session creation protocol such as the Session Initiation Protocol.

This project implements an MSRP relay which is an extension to MSRP protocol. Its main role is to help NAT traversal of media sessions between end points located behind NAT.

This project is currently under development.

Specifications

The MSRP Relay will implement the functionality from [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4975 RFC 4975] and [http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4976 RFC 4976].

Documentation * [wiki:MSRPRelayScenarios] * [wiki:MSRPRelayDesign] Other implementations

A partial MSRP client and switch implementation is provided by [http://confiance.sourceforge.net/msrp libMSRP] as part of the CONFIANCE project, which may be used for interoperability testing.

Credits

This project is sponsored by [http://www.nlnet.nl NLNet] foundation.