Re: [sip-clf] problem-statement and logging arbitrary SIP fields

Peter Musgrave <peter.musgrave@magorcorp.com> Wed, 13 April 2011 17:46 UTC

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I think this is ok. 

Peter

On 2011-04-12, at 4:10 PM, Vijay K. Gurbani wrote:

> Folks: In the Prague IETF, it was decided that we will allow
> the capability to log arbitrary SIP header fields and
> header elements (like the Reason-Phrase) that are not
> already part of the mandatory fields.
> 
> I am ratifying this decision on the list; pragmatically,
> what this means to the problem-statement draft is that it
> will undergo a change as follows:
> 
> OLD: (Section 8)
> 
>   The data model supports extensibility by providing the capability to
>   log "optional fields".  Optional fields are those SIP header fields
>   (or field components) that are not mandatory (see Section 8.1 for the
>   mandatory field list).  A specific representation format MAY decide
>   to explicitly maintain a representation-specific list of fields (or
>   field components) to log.  All other fields that do not appear in the
>   list of mandatory fields (Section 8.1), nor do they appear in the
>   representation-specific list of optional fields, MUST be logged using
>   a vendor-specific extension mechanism (through the use of private
>   enterprise numbers).  The specific syntax and semantics to be
>   accorded to optional fields, whether they are representation-specific
>   or use vendor-extension mechanisms MUST be defined by the specific
>   representation format used to generate the SIP CLF record.
>   Finally, [I-D.ietf-sipclf-format] is an example of a representation
>   format draft that provides an ASCII-based encoding scheme.
> 
> NEW: (Section 8)
> 
>   The data model supports extensibility by providing the capability to
>   log "optional fields".  Optional fields are those SIP header fields
>   (or field components) that are not mandatory (see Section 8.1 for the
>   mandatory field list).  Optional fields may contain SIP headers or
>   other elements present in a SIP message (for example, the Reason-
>   Phrase element from the Status-Line production rule in RFC 3261
>   [RFC3261]).  Optional fields may also contain additional information
>   that a particular vendor desires to log.  The specific syntax and
>   semantics to be accorded to optional fields MUST be defined by the
>   specific representation format used to generate the SIP CLF record.
>   Finally, [I-D.ietf-sipclf-format] is an example of a representation
>   format draft that provides an ASCII-based encoding scheme.
> 
> In the new text, I have decided to stay away from specifying private
> enterprise numbers for optional fields in the problem-statement
> draft and am leaving it to the specific representation format to
> outline this in more detail.  Clearly, to ensure the least ambiguity
> and most interoperability, it is in the best interest of a
> representation format to choose a mechanism like the private enterprise
> number (and draft-ietf-sipclf-format already does so).
> 
> Please let me know of any comments for proceeding as outlined
> above for the problem-statement draft.  This is the last open issue
> in problem-statement, and once we close this, the draft is in
> a shape to be moved ahead.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> - vijay
> -- 
> Vijay K. Gurbani, Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent
> 1960 Lucent Lane, Rm. 9C-533, Naperville, Illinois 60566 (USA)
> Email: vkg@{bell-labs.com,acm.org} / vijay.gurbani@alcatel-lucent.com
> Web:   http://ect.bell-labs.com/who/vkg/
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