Re: [Sip] Outbound Issues: slides 3 and 4

[Hisham Khartabil <hisham.khartabil at telio.no>]

On Aug 13, 2006, at 1:23 AM, Rohan Mahy wrote:

> On Aug 11, 2006, at 6:50, Hisham Khartabil wrote:
> > On Aug 11, 2006, at 3:02 PM, Christer Holmberg ((JO/LMF)) wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am sure that there are cases where messages (STUN, or whatever) 
> > > will
> > > be sent to destinations that don't support them, e.g. due to bad
> > > configuration.
> > >
> > > MY problem is that I don't like to standardize behavior which is 
> > > based
> > > on sending something somewhere just to find out if the reciever 
> > > supports
> > > the protocol in the first place. That is the reason I want to be 
> > > able to
> > > get the information from the proxy before sending anything.
> >
> > Rohan's proposal is exactly what you dont want: sending something 
> > just to find out if the receiver supports the protocol.
>
> I am confused.  The proposal the started this thread was to *include* 
> a Proxy-Require when the UAC sends its first message.  If the UAC was 
> properly configured, this adds no additional overhead.
>
> The proposal that Dean and Cullen made subsequently is "try it once 
> and see".  Again, if the UAC is properly configured, there is no extra 
> overhead.
>
> What part of these two proposals is not OK for you?

I'm not OK with any proposal. As I said, I think this is an 
implementation issue and the draft should say nothing about it.

Hisham

> thanks,
> -rohan


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