[Serusers] Is RTPproxy needed even when there is a Cisco PIX?

Jiri Kuthan jiri at iptel.org
Fri Jul 14 14:30:04 CEST 2006


That's actually a deep architectural observation with which I can only
wholeheartly agree.

-jiri

At 21:40 13/07/2006, Richard Z wrote:
>Hi,
>
>All SIP ALGs are broken one way or another. PIX is not an exception.
>It is just impossible to keep up with all types of SIP messages and
>headers and usages of the phones. It really depends on how you use the
>phones. It might or might not be a problem for your particular use. My
>experience is that rtp/mediaproxy is far more reliable than PIX.
>
>Cheers,
>Richard
>
>On 7/12/06, Ricardo Carvalho <rcarvalho at iric.up.pt> wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>
>>I'm deploying a VoIP server using SER and I would like to know if I need
>>to install RTPproxy (or Mediaproxy), because the network where the
>>server will be placed already has a Cisco PIX 515E which has this
>>feature that analyses headers of SIP messages and I suppose that
>>rewrites them to avoid NAT problems.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Ricardo.
>>
>>
>>
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