Before that, a webserver was still required to initiate the connection between 2...

jokoon on June 6, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Peer-to-Peer Communications with WebRTC

Before that, a webserver was still required to initiate the connection between 2 user-peers, which of course made little sense. I once asked about it and got an answer about "DDOS risks", and it made sense, because if you let people visit some webpage, it would be an easy way to DDOS.