On Wed, 2008-08-20 at 14:27 -0400, Beeton, Carolyn (CAR:9D60) wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lawrence, Scott (BL60:9D30) 
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 2:19 PM
> > To: Beeton, Carolyn (CAR:9D60)

> > One possible problem with implementing the notification in 
> > the dial rule redirector itself is that at that point we 
> > don't know that we're actually going to make that call.
> > 
> > A redirector provides contacts, but subsequent redirectors 
> > can modify or override those contacts or even turn the 
> > response into an error.  In addition, there are many other 
> > redirectors that might well be used to provide the contact 
> > that is an 'emergency' call.
> > 
> > A better place to put detection/notification might be on the 
> > outbound side of the proxy in an AuthPlugin.  At that point 
> > we know that the call is actually being made, and it's not 
> > sensitive to what other things might have happened in the 
> > redirector chain.
> > 
> 
> On the other hand, what is implemented here is an "Emergency Dial Rule"
> detector.  Even if the call doesn't make it out of the building, or is
> subsequently modified, if someone dialled something that triggers it, a
> notification would be sent.  If emergency numbers are configured through
> other types of rules, no notification is sent.  That is under the
> administrator's control.

It's that latter point that is of more concern to me - we have a rich
and expanding set of mechanisms for routing/redirecting calls and it
shouldn't matter which one routes your emergency call, you should get
the same service - including notices if that's an active feature.

> As a learning exercise I will look at AuthPlugins as well.

Ha... it worked :-)


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