Tag: fix_nated_contact
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Fixing SIP header addresses – Contact headers
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Part 3 of this series of articles focusses on the Contact header. In particular, I examine the use-cases where it is necessary to “fix” (or alter) a received Contact header. Contact headers work in close combination with Record-Route and Route headers in a mechanism known as loose routing. To get the most from this article some prior knowledge is required about loose routing, so if you are not already well acquainted with this subject please head…
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Fixing SIP header addresses – Introduction
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The main theme I explore in these articles is when and how a SIP Proxy should alter (or “fix”) embedded sender address information – IP and port – in a SIP request that it has received. The headers that are most relevant here are Via, Contact and Record-Route
