> It's completely off the OP's original question and I have already
> promised to leave his question alone but I just can't resist one
> more ill-conceived notion.

Sure :D

> My solution ... symmetric NATs ... ALG's ... make them disappear ...
> Most SIP calls ... provider server ... replace their router ...
> supports IPv6 ... would solve any ... issues ...

You do not have super cow powers, and neither do I. SIP is not just a
toy for home users willing to replace their cheap router with a new
one. Even with IPv6, Firewalls will not go away. So what? Switch them
all off? Set up static rules for each SIP device? Did you ever look at
all those transition methods for IPv6? Still sure, that NAT will go
away? Really?

With IPv6 you WILL need ICE, more than ever before. You will also have
to deal more and more with mobile devices, connected to many completely
different networks (UMTS, WLAN, LTE...) - some of them may be under your
control, others will be not.

Try to see the big picture - SIP is far more than just a few phones
behind a cheap router, connected to a "provider server" (whatever this
would mean). RFC3261 was a giant step forward, but was still missing
many pieces of the big puzzle. But slowly this picture is getting more
and more complete, with ICE being one very important piece of this
puzzle!

But, once again - my question was NOT related to ICE, it was about UACs
able to do nothing but plain old STUN :(

Regards,
Thomas Gelf


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