Subject: Proxy and OPTIONS (Re: [Sip] SIP Traceroute using Max-Forwards)

From: "Pessi Pekka (NRC/Helsinki)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 00:37:40 +0300

Sriram Parameswar <[email-masked]> writes:
>Alternatively, a server receiving an OPTIONS request with a Max-Forwards
>header field value of 0 MAY respond to the request regardless of the
>Request-URI.

	This is of limited use for traceroute, as the proxy is not
	expected to return its own address in the response to OPTIONS.
	Of course, it can (and should, but not SHOULD or even MAY)
	include its address in Contact.

						Pekka

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