Re: [Ekiga-devel-list] alien registrar problem

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

Michael Rickmann wrote:
> Christian Schäfer schrieb:
> > Eugen Dedu wrote:
> > > I see a commit in opal which might interest you:
> > > 2009-07-13 06:33  rjongbloed
> > >
> > >     * src/sip/handlers.cxx: Added special case of m_contactAddress *=
> > >       "%LIMITED" for SIP registration which will only fill the
> > >       "Contact" field of the REGISTER command with addresses that are
> > >       on the same interface as where the packet is being sent.
> > >           This is to address STUPID registrars that refuse the entire
> > >       registration when extra contact addresses are included that it
> > >       doesn't like, e.g. the private address. Correct behaviour is to
> > >       return what it DOES like, not refuse registration completely.
> >
> > Thanks Eugen. That sounds indeed very interesting.
> >
> > Chris
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Yes opal is providing a possibility for handling this kind of brain-dead 
> provider now. Only Ekiga has to pick it up. Since ekiga.net is serviced 
> I worked against the aliens - patch is attached. What it does it lets 
> Ekiga try twice to register, the second time setting %LIMITED. Or if you 
> know before that you have a limited provider you can put the string 
> %limit into the name of your account and Ekiga will succeed without 
> retry. I tried under Linux only and only with sip.1und1.de with which 
> Ekiga could not register before. Now it works.

Hi,

Committed in master, thanks!  (I still added a small comment,)

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Eugen