[tor-bugs] #13020 [Tor Browser]: Audit gstreamer usage for proxy safety

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#13020: Audit gstreamer usage for proxy safety
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  mikeperry
  mikeperry              |     Status:  closed
         Type:  defect   |  Milestone:
     Priority:  major    |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  ff31-esr, MikePerry201409,
  Browser                |  TorBrowserTeam201410
   Resolution:  fixed    |  Parent ID:
Actual Points:           |
       Points:           |
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Changes (by mikeperry):

 * status:  assigned => closed
 * resolution:   => fixed


Comment:

 Ok, I took a look at this, and it looks like all HTML5 media elements
 ultimately use ChannelMediaResource, which is owned by the MediaDecoder.
 nsIChannel is the underlying type of all of these channels, which is
 proxied. It does not look like gstreamer or any of the other codec support
 libraries are capable of doing their own streaming.

 The only exception I can see is the RtspMediaResource, which should only
 be used on FirefoxOS.

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