[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: [Sip] Open Issue #181: Forking OPTIONS

There were no comments on this proposal. I interpret silence as 
acceptance of the proposal. Issue closed.

-Jonathan R.

Jonathan Rosenberg wrote:

> Issue:
> 
> OPTIONS, like any other request,could fork. The response you get back will
> be from one of the UA that receives the OPTIONS request. Which one will be
> arbitrary. Furthermore, when you send a subsequent request based on that
> OPTIONS, no guarantees that it is within the capabilities of any of the
> other UA that received the OPTIONS request initially.
> 
> Discussion:
> 
> THis is a genearl problem with forking. We can take an approach similar to
> SUBSCRIBE, and define a "reverse OPTIONS", which contains the capabilities
> of each UA. This reverse OPTIONS would be sent by each server back towards
> the UA that sent the OPTIONS, much like NOTIFY. 
> 
> But, I think thats overkill to solve a problem that is not so important. The
> limited use of OPTIONS, combined with the limited use of forking, makes this
> something which is a don't care. The proposal therefore is:
> 
> Proposal:
> 
> Document this limitation of OPTIONS with a few sentences.
> 
> -Jonathan R.
> 
> ---
> Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Ph.D.                72 Eagle Rock Ave.
> Chief Scientist                             First Floor
> dynamicsoft                                 East Hanover, NJ 07936
> jdrosen@dynamicsoft.com                     FAX:   (973) 952-5050
> http://www.jdrosen.net                      PHONE: (973) 952-5000
> http://www.dynamicsoft.com
>  
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sip mailing list  http://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip
> This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol
> Use sip-implementors@cs.columbia.edu for questions on current sip
> Use sipping@ietf.org for new developments on the application of sip
> 


-- 
Jonathan D. Rosenberg, Ph.D.            72 Eagle Rock Avenue
Chief Scientist                         First Floor
dynamicsoft                             East Hanover, NJ 07936
jdrosen@dynamicsoft.com                 FAX: (973) 952-5050
http://www.jdrosen.net                  PH:  (973) 952-5000
http://www.dynamicsoft.com


_______________________________________________
Sip mailing list  http://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip
This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol
Use sip-implementors@cs.columbia.edu for questions on current sip
Use sipping@ietf.org for new developments on the application of sip