RFC 3326 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 2002

The Reason Header Field for the Session Initiation Protocol

Overview

RFC 3326, “The Reason Header Field for the Session Initiation Protocol”, is a Proposed Standard document published in December 2002 by H. Schulzrinne, D. Oran, G. Camarillo. It has since been updated by RFC 8606, RFC 9366. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The REGISTER function is used in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) system primarily to associate a temporary contact address with an address-of-record. This contact is generally in the form of a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), such as Contact: <sip:alice@pc33.atlanta.com> and is generally dynamic and associated with the IP address or hostname of the SIP User Agent (UA). The problem is that network topology may have one or more SIP proxies between the UA and the registrar, such that any request traveling from the user's home network to the registered UA must traverse these proxies. The REGISTER method does not give us a mechanism to discover and record this sequence of proxies in the registrar for future use. This document defines an extension header field, "Path" which provides such a mechanism. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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What “Proposed Standard” means

An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.

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Relationships to other RFCs
Updated by
RFC 8606 RFC 9366
Other RFCs from 2002

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