RE: [Sip] INFO considered harmful

["Dean Willis" <dean.willis@softarmor.com>]

Mike asked:
> I don't get it. If you want "100% application
> specific", why not pick an unused port and roll
> your own protocol? Then all of the crufty SIPism
> don't get in the way, and the hue and cry from
> this working group ceases immediately. Do the bits 
> on the wire keep warmer if they're dressed in SIP?

Not only do they keep warmer, but they get to take advantage of all those
nifty SIP functions, like rendezvous, delivery delegation, security, and
MOST IMPORTANTLY, name-space correlation with the application naming
provided by SIP. In short, all of the same reasons why PUBLISH-type methods
kep getting suggested.

--
Dean

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