[asterisk-dev] After a BYE, chan_sip need 32s to destroy a SIP dialog. bug or feature?

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On 09/16/2011 09:36 AM, Leo Leo wrote:

> The difference is: Version 1.4 don't follow the SIP recommendation and
> version 1.8 does.
>
> By the documment, after receiving a BYE, the dialog shall be destroyed
> after 32*T1 timer expires.

Correction: it's 64*T1, and T1 defaults to 500ms, so the result is 32 
seconds. In Asterisk, T1 is adjustable (but not lower than 100ms), so 
this interval can be reduced when it is safe to do so.

> As I remmember, the recommendation doesn't say anything about SDP and
> UDP ports. In asterisk, this is only freed when the dialog ends.

RFC3261 doesn't have anything to say about media ports at all; they 
aren't part of SIP, they are part of SDP and usage of RTP and UDPTL. It 
would be reasonable for Asterisk to shut down the ports that had been 
used by a SIP dialog, but it would not be safe to allow them to be 
re-used by another dialog, because the remote endpoint from the first 
dialog might still be sending media to them.

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