On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 14:58 -0400, Paul Kyzivat wrote:
> I can sympathize with the query - there is some ambiguity. OPTIONS is 
> required to return the same status it would if the request were INVITE. 
> But that isn't helpful if you are interested in sending a SUBSCRIBE.
> 
> If the UAS doesn't support INVITE, and returns 405 when receiving one, 
> should it return a 405 to OPTIONS even though it supports that? 
> Apparently it must. The UAC can tell the difference based on whether the 
> Allow header in the response contains OPTIONS or not.
> 
> That is pretty clunky.

My belief is that support of OPTIONS is mandatory, so a UA can never
"really" respond 405.  Thus, a 405 response always means "If this was an
INVITE, I'd respond with 405."  That's further proof that it is pretty
clunky.

Dale

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