RE: [Sip] Questions on Max-Forwards

[Loh Kok Jeng <kokjeng.loh@siemens.com>]

Hi,

One more question on Max-Forwards.  How should an ACK with Max-Forwards 0 
be handled by a proxy or UAS?  One normally does not send a respond to ACK, 
so should ACK with Max-Forwards 0 be silently discarded?  Thanks.

regards,
KJ Loh


> -----Original Message-----
> From: manoj mallik [mailto:m.manoj@ipnetfusion.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:28 PM
> To: Loh Kok Jeng; Krishna, Samaga; sip@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [Sip] Questions on Max-Forwards
> 
> 
> inline
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sip-admin@ietf.org [mailto:sip-admin@ietf.org]On Behalf 
> Of Loh Kok
> Jeng
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:10 AM
> To: Krishna, Samaga; sip@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: [Sip] Questions on Max-Forwards
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for your reply.  Section 11 says:
> 
>    Alternatively, a server receiving an OPTIONS request with a Max-
>    Forwards header field value of 0 MAY respond to the request
>    regardless of the Request-URI.
> 
> Does it mean that a proxy may send 483 instead of 200?
> 
> >>>>Manoj: It indicates that if the Request is OPTIONS with 
> Max-Forwards 0,
> then it MAY act as final receiptant and respond to the 
> Request irrespective
> of the target in Request-URI. i.e even if the Request-URI is 
> not meant for
> him, it will respond to that OPTIONS request. It doesn't say 
> about the kind
> of Response. However RFC-3261, sec 11.2 Processing of OPTIONS 
> Request, says
> that
> 
>    "If the response to an OPTIONS is generated by a proxy server, the
>    proxy returns a 200 (OK), listing the capabilities of the server.
>    The response does not contain a message body."
> 
> What if the value of Max-Forwards is outside the permitted range
> 0-255?  Should a 400 response be sent?
> 
> Manoj>>>> This is a good question. I think nothing is 
> mentioned in the RFC
> if Max-Forwards is outside the permitted range 0-255. So it 
> is really hard
> to say what should be the response, may be it is 
> implementation dependent.
> 
> regards,
> KJ Loh
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Krishna, Samaga [mailto:samaga.krishna@intel.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 5:53 PM
> > To: 'Loh Kok Jeng'; sip@ietf.org
> > Subject: RE: [Sip] Questions on Max-Forwards
> >
> >
> > Hi Loh,
> >  If proxy receives a request with Max-Forward : 1, the proxy
> > will decrement
> > the count and forward the message.
> > If proxy receives the request with Max-Forward: 0, it should
> > not forward the
> > request. It shall send 483 response. If the request is for
> > OPTIONS, proxy
> > will act as final recipient and respond to it as in the RFC
> > 3261 section 11.
> >
> >
> > have a nice day
> > Prasanna
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Loh Kok Jeng [mailto:kokjeng.loh@siemens.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 1:00 PM
> > To: sip@ietf.org
> > Subject: [Sip] Questions on Max-Forwards
> >
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > If a valid SIP message with "Max-Forwards: 1" is received by
> > a proxy, should
> >
> > the proxy decrement Max-Forwards and forward it, or should it
> > respond with
> > 483?
> >
> > Likewise, how should the proxy handle a message with with
> > Max-Forwards: 0
> > or a negative value?
> >
> > regards,
> > KJ Loh
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