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From: dhiraj.2.bhuyan(a)bt.com [mailto:dhiraj.2.bhuyan@bt.com]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 6:39 PM
To: jiri(a)iptel.org; sobomax(a)portaone.com
Cc: serusers(a)lists.iptel.org
Subject: [Serusers] nat + multiple RTP proxy
Greetings list,
I spent some time looking into the rtpproxy and nathelper
code. Currently, nathelper + rtpproxy will work ONLY if there
is "one" RTP proxy on the path. In a scenario like -
UA1 ---- NAT ---- SER/RTP1 ----- SER/RTP2 ---- NAT --- UA2
where UA1 and UA2 are subscribed to two different SERs and
are also behind NAT, RTP proxy 1 never forwards the RTP
traffic from UA1 to RTP proxy 2 (because of the way it is
designed) since RTP1 is waiting for at least one RTP packet
from RTP proxy 2 and vice versa - hence the deadlock.
This can be fixed if the RTP proxy waits for one UDP packet
from the device behind NAT, but does not wait for any packets
from the device it thinks is not behind NAT before forwarding
it the RTP traffic (coming from the other end). Thus in the
above scenario, RTP 1 waits for at least one packet from UA1
- but does not wait for any packet from RTP2.
I am writing a patch for nathelper and rtpproxy to add this
functionality (should be available by next week). Anyone -
any thoughts on this?
Dhiraj Bhuyan
Network Security Specialist,
BT Exact Business Assurance Solutions
Tel: +44 1473 643932
Mob: +44 7962 012145
Email: dhiraj.2.bhuyan(a)bt.com
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