> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have similar questions on Retransmission over TCP, Section 14.4.2,
> > bis-4.
> > > Suppose the following scenario.
> > >
> > > [A] --- TCP---- [Proxy1]------UDP ----- [Proxy2] ----TCP------[B]
> > >
> > > (1) A sends an INVITE which gets eventually proxied to B. B doens't send
> > > any response.
> > > Does Proxy1 retransmit INVITE following retransmission algorithms used
> > for
> > > UDP?
> >
> > >Yes, if it is a stateful proxy.
> >
> > I thought a proxy supporting TCP must be a stateful proxy because of the
> > required retransmission support.
> > In bis-04, Section 17.3, it states that:
> >
> > "Proxies that accept TCP connections MUST be stateful when handling the
> TCP
> > connection...
> > Otherwise, if the proxy were to lose a request, the TCP client would never
> > retransmit it."
>
> That is true. I was looking at only the UDP side. Although, some
> implementors might interpret the spec as allowing statefulness on the TCP
> side and statelessness on the UDP side. That may be legal, but certainly
> unwise.

I agree with you from an implementor's perspective. However, since TCP support is MUST 
for proxies,  wouldn't that
rule out the existence of stateless-proxy?

Cheers,
--Sunil


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