[SR-Users] SIP contact header question

[Alex Balashov]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 03:44:31PM -0600, Jack Davis wrote:

> What kind of problems can arise from inserting said header?

Theoretically, none. It should be ignored, as per the RFC. Moreover, the
RFC doesn't _prohibit_ such a header in an in-dialog request, so you are
probably clear to add it. Fundamentally, § 12.2 says:

   Requests within a dialog MAY contain Record-Route and Contact header
   fields. However, these requests do not cause the dialog's route set
   to be modified...

I have certainly seen instances in the field where RRs in in-dialog
requests are not ignored, however. That's on the endpoints, of course,
but it can make things worse.

> I'm trying to find a way to get a pesky setup to start behaving, of course,
> without requiring them to make any changes.

That's always a tough gig.

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