[asterisk-dev] Via/maddr: (was Re: [Code Review] Properly route responses according to the Via headers in the request)

[Simon Perreault]

On 01/03/11 12:30, Klaus Darilion wrote:
> Actually they can rather easy tell you where to send response - they
> just have to send from this certain IP address (in case of UDP).
>
> Thus I think maddr is a "bug".

maddr is intended to contain a multicast address. In general you can't 
just use this kind of address as source without breaking a ton of other 
things (e.g. ICMP replies come to mind).

Simon
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