Re: [dispatch] B2BUA-taxonomy for STRAW WG
Dean Willis <dean.willis@softarmor.com> Wed, 19 October 2011 00:23 UTC
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Subject: Re: [dispatch] B2BUA-taxonomy for STRAW WG
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On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 12:31 AM, Hadriel Kaplan <HKaplan@acmepacket.com> wrote: > > As part of the proposed STRAW WG charter, a possible deliverable might be a taxonomy document of B2BUA roles as might be useful for STRAW WG work items to reference. > Howdy, Forks! I believe I enumerated some aspects of transparency on one of our lists back in 2002 that might be relevant to this discussion: Repost follows: ----------------------- The 3GPP idea is to try and make the B2BUA as "transparent" to new functions as it can be while still accomplishing other things required by 3GPP. I suspect they're a long way from solving this, as it makes for wicked and subtle compromises. One might argue that a proxy is, by definition, a particularly transparent B2BUA -- it basically alters nothing but the next hop, and doesn't mess with things it doesn't understand. One can actually define a whole range of "transparency" if one is so inclined. I suppose I should write a draft on this someday. But it makes a good Top-10 list . . . 1) Dialog transparency: The call-ID is the same on "both sides" of the B2BUA. Proxies have this characteristic. A B2BUA that actually terminates a dialog on one side and generates a new dialog on the other doesn't. Some 3GPP AS functions fall into this category, as do 3PCC controllers. 2) Identity transparency: The user appears to have the same identity on both sides of the B2BUA. A proxy has this property. An identity anonymizer doesn't. 3) CSEQ transparency: The B2BUA does not alter CSEQ numbers. A traditional proxy has this property. A 3GPP P-CSCF does not, as it can generate a BYE message and then have to manage disjoint CSEQ spaces on each side. 4) Header transparency: The B2BUA doesn't change headers that transit it. Proxies have mostly this property, changing onlya few headers that are specifically changed by the proxy function. Proxies don't change headers they don't understand. 3GPP "proxies" are likely to go to town changing all SORTS of headers. All with the best of intentions, mind you. 5) Body transparency: The MIME bodies on the SIP message are not altered by the B2BUA. Real SIP proxies have this property. Firewall proxies that modify SDP, and most everything in 3GPP, doesn't. 6) Media transparency: AS with body transparency, but considering only the media aspects. The 3GPP P-CSCF breaks this transparency rule by editing one's SDP to meet operator preferences. 7) Topology transparency. Via, Route, Record-Route, Path, P-Service-Route, and other headers that reveal topology are roughly the same on both sides of the B2BUA, save for any which uniquely identify that B2BUA. Proxies have this characteristic. Topology hiding devices like the dynamicosft "firewall proxy in edge proxy mode" or the 3GPP THIG don't. 8) Security transparency: The B2BUA doesn't alter security aspects, such as encryptions, authorization headers, etc. Proxies generally have this property, but 3GPP stuff doesn't. 9) Accounting transparency: Stuff used to generate records or track usage is not altered by a B2BUA with this property. Proxies have this property. 3GPP is trying to define a P-header (P-original-dialog-ID, I believe) to provide for accounting transparency across 3GPP AS elements operating at a low level of transparency. 10) Functional transparency: The task that the user of the UA wants to accomplish actually works across the B2BUA, rather than being blocked/distorted by it. Proxies generally have this property, with the caveat the proxy can reject a request if needed. Some 3GPP entities can mutate functionality beyond all recognition. This is probably the single most important transparency concept. The rules of a "proxy" as defined in RFC3162 are there to preserve functional transparency, and anything that "breaks" those rules is likely to compromise functionality in some way. -- Dean Willis
- [dispatch] B2BUA-taxonomy for STRAW WG Hadriel Kaplan
- Re: [dispatch] B2BUA-taxonomy for STRAW WG Dean Willis