20 maj 2010 kl. 17.52 skrev Bob Penfield:

> I agree with Robert. B2BUAs should decrement Max-Forwards when they are 
> forwarding requests like a proxy does. I think the only case in which they 
> might reset it would be a situation like a PBX where it is originating the 
> call.
> 
Right - so like I wrote - there's not a single rule, it depends on the 
application... But we should at least allow for this configuration-wise.

Thanks for the feedback.

/O
> cheers,
> (-:bob
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] 
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Olle E. 
> Johansson
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 9:52 AM
> To: [email protected] Implementors
> Subject: [Sip-implementors] B2B UAs and Max-Forwards
> 
> Here at SIPit we had a test involving B2BUA's in spirals and loops and other 
> dangerous situations.
> 
> Robert Sparks and I ended up with a discussion about how B2BUA's should 
> handle Max-Forwards.
> 
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-marjou-sipping-b2bua-01
> The BCP draft clearly says that B2BUA's should RESET the Max-Forwards header.
> 
> "Max-Forwards   R      Reset Max-Forwards when creating requests [3]"
> 
> In appendix A.
> 
> Robert meant that if we do NOT decrement max-forwards with one as we set up 
> the new call, we will cause endless loops.
> 
> I'm stuck in between. In some situations, like a PBX, the new call is really 
> a new call. When using a B2Bua as an SBC, we do forward calls.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> /O
> _

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