Hi, When I was looking at RFC3204 I found the following text in chapter 3 (note the 2 last sentences):
"ISUP and QSIG messages are composed of arbitrary binary data that is transparent to SIP processing. The best way to encode these is to use binary encoding. This is in conformance with the restrictions imposed on the use of binary data for MIME (RFC 2045 [3]). It should be noted that the rules mentioned in the RFC 2045 apply to Internet mail messages and not to SIP messages. Binary has been preferred over Base64 encoding because the latter would only result in adding bulk to the encoded messages and possibly be more costly in terms of processing power." Now, if this text is not specific to ISUP and QSIG, but to binary data in general, I think it needs to be documented in Gonzalo's draft. Because, it seems to be one example of where we "override" the generic MIME rules (I haven't check, but the text says that some rules in RFC2045 does not apply to SIP...). Regards, Christer _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip
