Max-Forwards was not mandatory as per  RFC 2543 so the UA should process the
INVITE normally.

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Attila Sipos
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

> Step d) Process the INVITE normally.
>
> from RFC3261
>         Some existing UAs will not provide a Max-Forwards header field
>         in a request.
>
> Regards,
>
> Attila
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
> Navneet Gupta
> Sent: 24 September 2008 10:42
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Sip-implementors] UA behaviour on recieving INVITE
> withoutmax-forwards header
>
> Hi
> If a SIP UA (Endpoint), recieves an INVITE request which does not
> contain the mandatory Max-Forwards header, what should the UA do? Should
> it -
>
> a) respond with 483 (Too many hops) response
> b) respond with 400 Bad request response
> c) Stay quiet and Ignore the INVITE.
> d) Process the INVITE normally.
>
> Please help.
>
> Regards
> Navneet
>
>
>
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