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author | Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org> |
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date | Sun Sep 04 18:56:05 2022 +0000 (2022-09-04) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/siproxd/description.txt Sun Sep 04 18:56:05 2022 +0000 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ 1.4 +Siproxd is a proxy/masquerading daemon for the SIP protocol. 1.5 +It handles registrations of SIP clients on a private IP 1.6 +network and performs rewriting of the SIP message bodies to 1.7 +make SIP connections work via a masquerading firewall (NAT). 1.8 +It allows SIP software clients (like kphone, linphone) or 1.9 +SIP hardware clients (Voice over IP phones which are 1.10 +SIP-compatible, such as those from Cisco, Grandstream or 1.11 +Snom) to work behind an IP masquerading firewall or NAT 1.12 +router. 1.13 + 1.14 +SIP (Session Initiation Protocol, RFC3261) is the protocol 1.15 +of choice for most VoIP (Voice over IP) phones to initiate 1.16 +communication. 1.17 +By itself, SIP does not work via masquerading firewalls as 1.18 +the transferred data contains IP addresses and port numbers. 1.19 +There do exist other solutions to traverse NAT existing 1.20 +(like STUN, or SIP aware NAT routers), but such a solution 1.21 +has its disadvantages or may not be applicable to a given 1.22 +situation. 1.23 +Siproxd does not aim to be a replacement for these solutions, 1.24 +however in some situations siproxd may bring advantages.