[asterisk-dev] SIP invite to localhost/loopback

[Matt Riddell]

On 16/01/10 12:59 AM, Klaus Darilion wrote:
>
>
> Geoffrey Mina schrieb:
>> I am not using Local because this action is being performed BY a Local
>> channel.  I wasn't comfortable nesting local channels in this
>> environment since that is largerly untested methodology... And this is
>> a high profile platform.
>>
>> I figured it would be a more 'stable' solution to simply dial SIP into
>> localhost.  I suppose this is not possible in asterisk though, huh?
>
> IMO dialing via SIP to localhost is even more ugly than chaining local
> channels. Also, local channels will be removed (masqueraded) on
> "connect" if possible.

I kinda think if you need to do this, you might want to look at why you 
need to do this.

Could it not be accomplished by using an AGI, Manager, EAGI etc.

Local channels very rarely *need* to be used, and a Local channel to a 
local channel seems like a design issue.

-- 
Cheers,

Matt Riddell
Managing Director
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