DireWolf Goes Pack Hunting: A Peer-to-Peer Approach for Secure Low Latency Widget Distribution Using WebRTC

Abstract

Abstract. Widget-based Web applications are outperforming monolithic Web applications in terms of distribution of the user interface on many devices and many standard browsers. However, latency of the remote inter-widget communication may be an obstacle for the uptake of Widget-based Web applications in near real-time domains like Web gaming and augmented reality. In this demo paper we show DireWolf 2.0 which is replacing the XMPP server of the DireWolf approach by a clientside relay realized by the means of WebRTC. This is not only decreasing the latency of the distributed interface for any application but also increasing the security by avoiding man-in-the-middle attacks on the XMPP server. This progress is enabling further uptake in Widget-based solutions in advanced Web engineering.

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