Re: [Sip] Issue: Expiration of temp-gruu
Miguel Garcia <Miguel.An.Garcia@nokia.com> Mon, 04 December 2006 16:44 UTC
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Subject: Re: [Sip] Issue: Expiration of temp-gruu
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Correct. I think so. /Miguel Paul Kyzivat wrote: > Miguel, > > So to summarize, it seems you are of the belief that the cases where > these measures may be inadequate are sufficiently obscure to ignore, and > that new measures to cover the obscure cases are unnecessary. Is that > right? > > Paul > > Miguel Garcia wrote: >> For issue 3, I would say that the solution is to avoid the situation, >> e.g., by registering way in advance before the registration expires. >> Doesn't RFC 3261 recommends to re-register half time before the >> registration timer expires. >> >> Issues 4, 5, and 6 are solved by the reg event. So, shouldn't the GRUU >> draft have a recommendation on the usage of the reg event to solve them? >> >> /Miguel >> >> Paul Kyzivat wrote: >>> After some study, I have encountered a potential difficulty in >>> determining when temp-gruus expire. After discussing this with >>> Jonathan we decided to bring it to the list for discussion. >>> >>> As now defined, when you first register you may get a temp-gruu, >>> which will remain valid as long as the registration does not expire >>> or be removed. (Removal is a special case of expiration.) Each time >>> the UA refreshes the registration it may get a new temp-gruu which >>> also remains valid for the life of the registration. The UA can >>> accumulate all these temp-gruus and use them as it sees fit until >>> they expire. >>> >>> The problem is: how does the UA know when the registration has ended >>> and the temp-gruus associated with it rendered invalid? >>> >>> This seems like a simple question, and in some cases it is simple, >>> but not in all cases. The following are at least some of the ways >>> that the registration can be ended, causing the invalidation of >>> temp-gruus: >>> 1) the UA that originally registered may explicitly deregister >>> 2) the UA the originally registered may simply permit the >>> registration to expire without attempting to refresh it >>> 3) the UA may attempt to refresh the registration, but be too slow, >>> so that the reregistration arrives after the prior one expires >>> 4) some other UA may deregister all the registrations, including >>> the one by this UA. (When the UA decides it should refresh the >>> registration it will actually create a new one.) >>> 5) the registrar may remove the registration administratively >>> 6) the registrar may crash and restart, losing all its registrations >>> >>> In each of these cases the previously assigned temp-gruus become >>> invalid. If the UA continues to use them, bad things will happen. >>> This is true both for calls that are active when the deregistration >>> occurs, and calls that are established later. What kinds of bad >>> things happen? >>> - requests addressed to the gruu, both in-dialog and out-of-dialog >>> will be undeliverable. (For instance a reINVITE or BYE in an >>> existing call, or an out-of-dialog INVITE/Replaces for a transfer.) >>> >>> - request originated by the UA using the invalid gruu will fail >>> immediately because the gruu is invalid. >>> >>> - if the UA subsequently reregisters, receives an incoming call, and >>> uses one of the old temp-gruus as its contact, then the call will >>> be established, but subsequent in- and out-of-dialog requests to >>> the contact will fail. >>> >>> So clearly it is important for the UA to stop using temp-gruus that >>> have become invalid. How can it know to do that in all of the above >>> cases? >>> >>> 1) is straightforward. The UA knows it is deregistering, and should >>> discard any cached temp-gruus. If it has a dialog with one of the >>> temp-gruus as a contact, then it should do a target refresh and >>> supply some working contact. (It really should do this *before* >>> deregistering, and for a pub-gruu as well.) >>> >>> 2) the UA should take all the actions mentioned for (1) at or before >>> the expiration time. This should be done a bit early to guard >>> against clock skew problems. >>> >>> 3) in this case, it may be impossible for the UA to know whether >>> the REGISTER arrived in time to be a reREGISTER or if it arrived >>> late and was treated as a new REGISTER after the expiration of >>> the old one. (The response to the REGISTER includes nothing that >>> distinguishes the two cases.) About the best that can be done in >>> this case is to check the time at which the response to the >>> REGISTER is received. If it falls after the expected expiration >>> time for the registration, act as if the old registration had >>> expired. >>> >>> 4) This is a major problem. Of course, regardless of GRUU, the UA >>> won't be able to receive incoming calls until it decides it is >>> time to refresh the registration. In addition, until the >>> registration reestablished, calls originated with one of its >>> existing gruus will fail. Once the registration is reestablished, >>> it still won't know its old temp-gruus are invalid. The only >>> remedy for this is to subscribe to the "reg" event package, >>> and use the resulting notifications to identify when it has >>> been unregistered. If it does that, it can invalidate all its >>> old temp-gruus, and then presumably reregister. >>> >>> 5) this is functionally equivalent to (4), except that perhaps >>> attempts to reregister may fail. >>> >>> 6) this is also functionally equivalent to (4). >>> >>> The "reg" event does provide a fairly complete solution to this >>> problem, for those that are willing and able to use it. It is not >>> however a 100% reliable solution. Consider case (3), where the UA has >>> a reg event subscription. All is well if the registration expires and >>> a notification is sent indicating that, and then the reregistration >>> occurs and a notification is sent about that. But if they happen very >>> closely in time, it may be that only one notification is sent, >>> reflecting the result of the reregistration. In that case the UA will >>> not be aware that it had been unregistered for a period of time. >>> >>> A *complete* solution would, IMO, involve changing REGISTER so that >>> it returns an indication of whether this was a new registration, or a >>> refresh. This could take many forms. For instance the timestamp of >>> the initial registration could always be returned with each contact, >>> as well as the expiration time. >>> >>> The big question is whether this is a big enough issue to require a >>> solution now, as part of GRUU, or if it can be ignored as >>> insignificant or postponed to future work. >>> >>> I'd appreciate hearing what others think about this. At the moment I >>> am leaning toward doing nothing, at least for now. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Paul >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sip mailing list https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip >>> This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol >>> Use sip-implementors@cs.columbia.edu for questions on current sip >>> Use sipping@ietf.org for new developments on the application of sip >>> >> -- Miguel A. Garcia tel:+358-50-4804586 sip:miguel.garcia@neonsite.net Nokia Research Center Helsinki, Finland _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use sip-implementors@cs.columbia.edu for questions on current sip Use sipping@ietf.org for new developments on the application of sip
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