<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">You are clearly overlooking that we aren't a proxy server. We are a b2bua.<div><br></div><div>/b</div><div><br><div><div>On Jun 14, 2010, at 10:06 AM, Vitalii Colosov wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Hi Brian,<div><br></div><div>I did not find the mandatory requirement for the proxy server to proxy also media:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3261.txt">http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3261.txt</a></div><div><br></div><div><div>Proxy, Proxy Server: An intermediary entity that acts as both a</div><div> server and a client for the purpose of making requests on</div><div> behalf of other clients. A proxy server primarily plays the</div><div> role of routing, which means its job is to ensure that a</div><div> request is sent to another entity "closer" to the targeted</div><div> user. Proxies are also useful for enforcing policy (for</div><div> example, making sure a user is allowed to make a call). A</div><div> proxy interprets, and, if necessary, rewrites specific parts of</div><div> a request message before forwarding it.</div><div><br></div><div>So I am still not convinced that I cannot name FreeSWITCH in Bypass Media mode as a PROXY :-)</div><div>Because it does all the things described:</div><div><br></div><div>1.intermediary entity</div><div>2.plays the role of routing</div><div>3.its job is to ensure that a request is sent to another entity "closer" to the targeted user</div><div><br></div><div>Please pay attention that nothing is written about media here.</div><div><br></div><div>Vitalie</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>