pm/FURPS/application/signal_network.md

Signal Network PoC FURPS

Functionality

1. Establish direct connection to remote peer using their public key as identifier.

Usability

1. Developers can implement their own application-level discovery method.
2. Only remote peer's public key is needed to initiate connection.
3. Hook is provided for developer to filter inbound connection requests.

Reliability

1. End-to-end reliability is implemented for the signaling conversation.
2. No provided reliability for established connections, left to the developer (e.g. keep alive).

Supportability

1. Developers can use this protocol in web application, imported from npmjs.com.
2. Developers can use this protocol to initiate WebRTC connections.
3. Only 1:1 direct connections are supported.

+ (Privacy, Anonymity, Deployments)

1. Network observers cannot retrieve node connection details; forward secrecy is not included.
2. STUN and TURN servers may be required for WebRTC usage.