From owner-freebsd-net Sun Jun 30 18:37:25 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3775737B400; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:37:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tp.databus.com (p72-186.acedsl.com [66.114.72.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F1C743E0A; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 18:37:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from barney@databus.com) Received: from databus.com (localhost.databus.com [127.0.0.1]) by tp.databus.com (8.12.4/8.12.3) with ESMTP id g611b4QZ057282; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:37:04 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from barney@databus.com) Received: (from barney@localhost) by databus.com (8.12.4/8.12.4/Submit) id g611b4MZ057281; Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:37:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2002 21:37:04 -0400 From: Barney Wolff To: Joe Marcus Clarke Cc: Barney Wolff , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Skinny (SCCP) protocol gateway for libalias Message-ID: <20020630213704.A57193@tp.databus.com> References: <1025480857.48597.33.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> <20020630204452.A56736@tp.databus.com> <1025485730.48597.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <1025485730.48597.35.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>; from marcus@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 09:08:50PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I knew I should have explained. :) What I fear is volatility, with an undocumented proprietary protocol. And suppose Cisco abandons it for something completely different - when would it be aged out? My instinct is to wish for more modularity, although I have to say that libalias is not all that big today. None of this carries much weight. On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 09:08:50PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sun, 2002-06-30 at 20:44, Barney Wolff wrote: > > I'd be happy to see this as a port, less happy as base code. > > Why less happy as base code? Like all other libalias ALGs, this > wouldn't be very intrusive to the OS. It simply adds one new file to > the source tree. > > Joe > > > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 07:47:37PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > I've written a Skinny (the call setup protocol used by Cisco IP phones) > > > NAT ALG for libalias. I sent the code to ru for review, but he's too > > > busy. He wondered how any others would find it useful. > > > > > > Basically, it allows Cisco IP phones behind a FreeBSD running natd or > > > ppp to communicate correctly with a public Cisco Call Manager. It is > > > based on sniffer decodes from ethereal, and has been working for me for > > > some time. > > > > > > If there isn't a big demand for this, I guess there's not a reason to > > > commit it to the tree. However, if people find this useful, it might > > > make a nice addition. > > > > -- > > Barney Wolff > > I never met a computer I didn't like. > > > -- Barney Wolff I never met a computer I didn't like. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message