WebRTC API for choosing key pair algorithm (RSA, ECDSA) for certificates used in DTLS handshake

Category: JavaScript
Type: New or changed feature
Status: Enabled by default (Chrome 49)
Intent stage: None

Summary

A WebRTC JavaScript API is added to control the key pair algorithm (RSA, ECDSA) to use for the self-signed certificates generated when DTLS is used for peerconnections. Changes to API surface: RTCCertificate class added, RTCPeerConnection.generateCertificate static method added, RTCConfiguration.certificates (sequence<RTCCertificate>) member added. This feature was behind a flag starting in Chrome 48 and Opera 35. Earlier, this feature was erroneously marked as shipping in M52

Standards & signals

Specification: http://w3c.github.io/webrtc-pc/
Firefox: Shipped/Shipping
Safari: No signal
Web developers: No signals
Tracking bug: http://crbug.com/528250

Docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCCertificate https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/RTCPeerConnection/generateCertificate

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