Interaction of dynamic firewall control protocols and SIP
2009
SIP-based multimedia applications dynamically negotiate parameters for
the related media streams, such as UDP port numbers. Therefore,
firewalls that want to inspect these streams have to interact with the
session signaling. Several architectures and protocols have been
developed for the dynamic control of firewalls on the media path, e.
g., MIDCOM, SIMCO, and the NSIS NAT/FW NSLP. This document
investigates problems with the interaction of standard SIP (as of RFC
3261) and these firewall control protocols, especially with respect to
error handling. It will be pointed out how existing SIP extensions can
be used for improving the interaction, and which additional mechanisms
need to be specified. While the actual specification of such
additional mechanisms is out of the scope of this document, it
solicits feedback and discussion.
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