I cringe every time someone says, "The only acceptable use for INFO is for ISUP." ALL of the arguments that apply to "One cannot use INFO for foo" apply to why "One cannot use INFO for ISUP."
The INFO method is NOT to "carry [arbitrary] mid-session information between SIP user agents" as RFC 2976 posits. The one and only one reason one can use INFO for ISUP today is because the method is ONLY defined for ISUP. Said another way: the identifier 0x49 0x4E 0x46 0x4F has *NOTHING* to do with INFO. It would have much better been called 0x4E 0x53 0x55 0x50 (ISUP). For legacy reasons, and because we really are talking about a bunch of bits, not English, I would not offer we change the name of the method. However, I would make it clear that the method is NOT the general purpose method described in RFC 2976. Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip
