[asterisk-users] SIP over TCP

[Kristian Kielhofner]

On 6/22/08, Michael Graves <mgraves at mstvp.com> wrote:
> Ok, so now that it's possible to implement SIP over TCP instead of UDP
>  why would I want to do this? Beyond simply integration with M$ OCS.
>
>  And what are the implications for management of QoS? I would expect
>  that lost packets would be less of a factor.
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Michael
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Michael,

  The main advantages for SIP over TCP that I know of (in no particular order):

- Better compatibility with NAT devices (it seems some of them don't
do UDP well)
- Support for TLS
- Support for packet fragmentation (to support large/diverse SDPs, headers, etc)

  I'm sure there are other ones but that's all I can think of this
early on a Sunday morning...


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Kristian Kielhofner
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