Re: [Ekiga-list] Client compatibility with ekiga.net

[palama inwind it]

Is it possible to forward this thread to the ekiga.net administrator and ask for his/her comment?

Best,

Antonio

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:56:27 +0200
Jānis Rukšāns <thedogfarted gmail com> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Eugen Dedu
> <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr> wrote:
> > palama inwind it wrote:
> >> Thank you for your prompt answer, Eugen.
> >> Is this behaviour of ekiga.net specified by the standard or is it a choice that the standard leaves to the server and client designers?
> >
> > Since there was a post in the mailing list about another SIP server
> > which does not need NAT (so it uses private addresses in Contact field),
> > I am pretty sure that it is a choice by ekiga.net administrator, but I
> > do not know the reason and details.
> 
> I think it's perfectly sound to reject REGISTER requests with private
> addresses in Contact field. At least for INVITEs etc RFC3261 requires
> that the contact is reachable from anywhere. However, Section 10.3
> states that the "registrar MUST not generate 6xx responses." Which is
> what ekiga.net does. Also, the second REGISTER with public IP in
> contact but private IP in Via should succeed - there is nothing in the
> standard that prohibits private IPs in Via (and there's received and
> rport parameters for sending back responses).
> 
> -- 
> Ian
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