> -----Original Message-----
> From: James M. Polk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 1:39 PM
> To: Dan Wing; 'Ian Elz'; 'Hadriel Kaplan'
> Cc: 'SIP List'
> Subject: Re: [Sip] FW: I-D Action:draft-kaplan-sip-session-id-00.txt
> 
> At 08:33 AM 11/19/2008, Dan Wing wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> > > Behalf Of Ian Elz
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:40 AM
> > > To: Dan Wing; Hadriel Kaplan
> > > Cc: SIP List
> > > Subject: Re: [Sip] FW: I-D 
> Action:draft-kaplan-sip-session-id-00.txt
> > >
> > > Dan, Hadriel,
> > >
> > > I don't think that having the first B2BUA synthesize the 
> session-id
> > > would work. The idea is to have it end-to-end to solve 
> the problem so
> > > having it put in by a B2BUA would not solve the problems.
> >
> >Yes.  But until UAs generate the header, the best you can do is have
> >the first B2BUA insert the header for the benefit of the rest of the
> >SIP network.
> 
> from that pov, why not have the first SIP server insert the header 
> (whether or not it's a B2BUA)?

Absolutely.

-d


> >This is akin to the 'authentication proxy' described
> >in RFC4474, where the proxy inserts the authentication headers if
> >the UA hasn't done so.
> >
> > > The bigger issue is what is to stop a B2BUA either removing the
> > > session-id or generating one of its own.
> >
> >Nothing stops the B2BUA from doing anything it wants.
> >
> > > While this draft proposes B2BUA
> > > actions the defined actions will only occur if the B2BUA fully
> > > implements this draft.
> >
> >That is correct.
> >
> >Is the draft complex to implement?
> >
> > > RFC 3261 defines a B2BUA as a concatenation of a UAS and 
> a UAC. What
> > > happens between the UAS and UAC parts is undefined and there is no
> > > specification as to what actions the B2BUA should take 
> when passing a
> > > request from the UAS to the UAC. There was a draft 
> presented to the
> > > sipping wg to try an define actions of B2BUAs but this was
> > > rejected by a
> > > hum as dangerous. I guess that the consensus was that the 
> B2BUA should
> > > remain totally undefined so that it could perform any 
> action that was
> > > required. [Declaration of interest: I was a contributor 
> to this now
> > > expired draft.]
> >
> >Hadriel's draft attempts to do the opposite:  instead of defining
> >"these are the things a B2BUA is allowed to do", it is saying "a
> >B2BUA, compliant with this specification, will pass the session-id
> >header".
> >
> >-d
> >
> >
> > > Hadriel,
> > >
> > > A couple of additional items which may need to be 
> considered in the
> > > draft.
> > >
> > > Is it possible to include a list of headers which 
> currently use the
> > > existing dialog identifiers? Others which you have not
> > > mentioned include
> > > Target-dialog, Join and In-reply-to.
> > >
> > > Is it proposed to propose modifications to the RFCs for 
> the existing
> > > headers which use dialog ids to use the session-id?
> > >
> > > It is probably necessary to specify B2BUA actions in 
> cases of 3PCC and
> > > what happens to the session-id in these cases.
> > >
> > >
> > > Ian Elz
> > >
> > > System Manager
> > > DUCI LDC UK
> > > (Lucid Duck)
> > >
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> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Dan Wing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: 19 November 2008 06:24
> > > To: 'Laura Liess'; 'Hadriel Kaplan'; 'SIP List'
> > > Subject: Re: [Sip] FW: I-D 
> Action:draft-kaplan-sip-session-id-00.txt
> > >
> > > > The problem which I  have with this particular solution
> > > > is that it requires changes in existing user devices.
> > >
> > > For UAs that don't generate session-id the first B2BUA
> > > could synthesize a session-id.
> > >
> > > -d
> > >
> > >
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