I have seen _many_ correct implementations of route handling 
using the ;lr parameter at the last two SIPits. The vast majority of
proxies and endpoints participating in the multiparty tests were getting
this right.

Values for ;lr currently have _no standard meaning_ and should 
simply be ignored.

The following are equivalent and mean that the element providing the
URI supports loose routing:
;lr
;lr=true
;lr=false
;lr=arbitrarybits

It is the presence of the parameter that makes the difference. Its
value is irrelevant. Yes, the ;lr=false case is counter-intuitive.

;lr=true will not be added to the specification. Those who introduced
it into our milieu are fixing the errors that generated it. I will be
working hard (and I hope the rest of you will be working with me) to
make it go away as soon as we can.

I plan to publish a draft soon documenting how to best deal with
encountering ;lr=true and the issues that led to it in hopes of 
making weeding it out easier. 

RjS
 
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 18:50, Jasson Casey wrote:
> It seems that little to no devices our there support the lr tag as it applies to 
>record-route and route. What I have seen are two things: lack of proper parsing 
>support of a single value token in the record-route/route headers, and lack of 
>support of lr as a function. I'm not that concerned w/ little to no support for lr 
>just yet, proxies/ua(s) don't have to understand lr, just parse it properly. However, 
>I have seen many bugs w/ just proper parsing. It also seems that a syntax of lr=true 
>has been implemented to get around these problems. Should this parameter string 
>(lr=true) be recognized as needing lr route handling? Will this parameter string get 
>added to the sip spec?
> 
> I would like to follow the general convention, but I cannot find much information on 
>the matter.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -jasson
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Sip-implementors mailing list
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/sip-implementors


_______________________________________________
Sip-implementors mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://lists.cs.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/sip-implementors

Reply via email to