> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Scott
> Lawrence<[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Mon, 2009-06-15 at 15:52 -0400, M. Ranganathan wrote:
> >>
> >> Another question I have in my mind is :
> >>
> >> If you have two systems behind NATs each with a domain name 
> >> sixp.example.local ( perfectly legal ) and you want to 
> federate them 
> >> in the manner you are describing but without a B2BUA, will 
> one system 
> >> not ge confused by the From header of the other?
> >
> > That one answers itself - the '.local' domain is _local_.  
> It's never 
> > going to work to expect that to work _anywhere_ with _anything_ 
> > outside it's scope.
> 
> 
> The question should be rephrased.
> 
> 
> If I send a request from one proxy to another both of them 
> behind NATs and both and they BOTH have the same  sipx proxy 
> domain name AND there is no request re-writing then does the 
> second domain proxy server get confused by the From header 
> that it sees from the first proxy server?
> If not, how do we deal with this.
> 
> Does the federation scheme that we currently have  work under 
> such circumstances?

Our current site-to-site scheme does not work if the servers at both
sites claim to be authoritative for the same SIP domain.  If we were to
ever get a support request for such a configuration, I think we would
politely ask the person to change the SIP domain at one of the sites.  

> 
> Note: It is possible (likely)  that the answer is yes but I'd 
> like to understand how this is handled ( pointer to the 
> document or thread would be appreciated if the document talks 
> about it).
> 
> 
> If not then I assume we are mandating that the domains of 
> each of the sipx proxy servers being federated is distinct 
> from the other even though they are private.

Domain names must be distinct and DNS-resolvable.


> 
> 
> Note : This is not a major limitation -- I am just trying to 
> understand things a bit better.
> 
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ranga
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> M. Ranganathan
> 
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