UPDATE is allowed; however it might fail if there are offer/answer
issues.  More specifically a non reliable 18x with SDP does not complete
an offer/answer; thus an UPDATE with SDP would be rejected.

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> Behalf Of Romel Khan
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:46 AM
> To: sip-implementors@lists.cs.columbia.edu
> Subject: [Sip-implementors] Clarification Question on UPDATE RFC3311
> 
> UPDATE RFC text seems to be centered on reliable provisional response.
> The only example is covered with reliable provisional 
> response. I know of at least 1 vendor implementation that 
> forces the use of UPDATE only when provisional reliable 
> response handling is used. 
> 
> However the RFC does mention: "An unreliable provisional 
> response MAY contain an Allow header field". 
> 
> And it is clear from RFC3261 that unreliable response can 
> create early dialog.  
> 
>  
> 
> Any reason not to allow the use of UPDATE if a received 
> unreliable 183 response produces early dialog and the 
> response contains Allow header listing the UPDATE method?
> 
> Or is RFC3262 a prerequisite?
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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