>>>>> Stephan Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have a SIP PBX which works in B2BUA mode and I've noted that when it comes
> to dealing with Header fields, it doesn't stick to the table 2 in chapter
> 20.1 of RFC 3261. Specifically, it is modifying some header fields which
> according to that table may not be modifed by a proxy. I contacted the
> manufacturer and they claim that since a B2BUA isn't a proxy, they don't
> have to follow the rules established in the RFC
Right.

> and I'm having a hard time
> countering that since to me, a B2BUA is a proxy seeing as it does what a
> proxy does (even if the RFC doesn't spell that out)
Wrong.

> but I'm wondering:
> Is there any type of UAS to which the header processing rules mentioned
> before do not apply? Is B2BUA really a loophole to not do things a proxy
> should do just because it isn't a real proxy per definition (even though it
> basically does the same things.. it just does more than a proxy does)?

Yes, it can change RURI, do hunting of multiple destination
sequence, rewrite bodies, interrupt a call if it is too long, & so
on & so forth.

-- 
Valentin Nechayev
PortaOne Inc., Software Engineer
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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