[Asterisk-Users] SIPPROXD for SIP thru NAT

[Florian Overkamp]

John,

thanks very much for your elaboration on this issue.

At 00:59 8-5-2003 -0700, you wrote:
>If you're asking about proxy-to-proxy functionality, I have no idea. But 
>if all you're concerned about is NAT'ed UA's, then I'd say that Asterisk 
>is there right now.  There are other issues which make make it less 
>reliable than the Jasomi solution (there are others in this market, as 
>well) but that is not the specific question you asked.

True, but can we identify these issues ? I'd like to compose a checklist of 
requirements or caveats regarding voip-customers in a rogue environment 
(i.e. no control over NAT etc).

>hash the "open source" vs. "commercial" product argument 
>here.  Competition is good, no matter what the force is pushing the 
>process.  However, the market for NAT traversal devices is pretty 
>specialized and technical, and Asterisk will make big inroads with the 
>savvy technicians who install that equipment.  I'm a case in point - I

Point taken.

>Sorry for the long-winded talk; I have nothing better to do while waiting 
>for downloads/compiles right now.  :)

No problem at all - I'm very happy to think deeply into issues such as 
this, since they closely relate to the levels of support one would need to 
supply to voip-customers.

Florian