> -----Original Message-----
> From: rahul pande [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 7:18 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Sip-implementors] Clarity required regarding timeouts...
>
>
> The section 10.3.1 in SIP RFC states ::
>
> "A SIP client using an unreliable transport protocol SHOULD
> retransmit a SIP
> INVITE request with an interval that starts at T1 seconds,
> and doubles after
> each packet transmission. The client ceases retransmissions
> if it receives a
> provisional or definitive response, or once it has sent a
> total of seven
> request packets."
>
> When a provisional response for an INVITE reaches the Client
> , it will stop
> having any timeouts, then there is a chance that the
> application might hang
> if the server is malacious and does not follow the standard.
> Shouldn't the
> RFC specify what is that timeout value as in the case of
> section 10.2.1 for
> other Requests other than INVITE.
No. This is implementation dependent. Its up to you how long you wait for
the phone to ring before giving up.
-Jonathan R.
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