[OpenSIPS-Users] [NEW] SDP codec manipulation feature

Adrian Georgescu ag at ag-projects.com
Tue Jul 28 22:29:39 CEST 2009


Inaki,

Why do you complain about having features in a software that you did  
not write just because you do not see a personally use in them?

Adrian

On Jul 28, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:

> El Martes, 28 de Julio de 2009, Alex Balashov escribió:
>> It's worth pointing out that no member of the OpenSER project stack  
>> has
>> been a "pure" SIP proxy for very long;  they have certain UAS  
>> features
>> (registrar, PUA, NAT ping, etc.)  As Bogdan said, a pure proxy  
>> would not
>> be terribly useful in most scenarios in which the project is  
>> deployed.
>
> I don't agree, let me explain:
>
> OpenSER has been:
> - Pure SIP proxy  :)
> - Registrar server
> - Presence server
>
> (I don't mention "redirect server" since IMHO is a stupid concept).
>
>
> However, today's OpenSIPS features include dialog management and SDP  
> mangling.
> These features are supposed to be implemented in a B2BUA, not in a  
> proxy (all
> of us already know the real limitations of the dialog module  
> concerning to
> security, forking scenarios, PRACK...).
>
> In the above other cases (registrar, presence server), OpenSIPS  
> behaves as an
> UAS, not as a proxy, so OpenSIPS implements the appropiate role for  
> such
> tasks.
>
> Anyhow, if the new "exotic" features work, go on :)
>
>
>
> -- 
> Iñaki Baz Castillo <ibc at aliax.net>
>
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