[Asterisk-Dev] Seeking a clue RE: how * does the right thing with NAT'ed SIP/SDP devices

[Brian West]

Its called "localnet"
/b
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On Jun 17, 2005, at 3:43 PM, David Pollak wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I'm looking to understand how Asterisk determines if it's going to  
> re-write an SDP contained in a SIP message from an ill-behaving  
> application behind a firewall.
>
> Specifically, the Microsoft RTC client running behind a NAT puts  
> the wrong IP address (the local non-routable address, rather than  
> the NAT's address) in the SDP header.  However, Asterisk does the  
> right thing and send media streams to the IP address of the NAT.
>
> I've looked through chan_sip.c:process_sdp and don't see anything  
> that remotely looks like logic to re-write the host.
>
> If anyone can lend a clue to me, I'd be grateful to the tune of a  
> couple of beers.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David
>
>
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