I knew I should have explained. :) What I fear is volatility, with an undocumented proprietary protocol. And suppose Cisco abandons it for something completely different - when would it be aged out?
My instinct is to wish for more modularity, although I have to say that libalias is not all that big today. None of this carries much weight. On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 09:08:50PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > On Sun, 2002-06-30 at 20:44, Barney Wolff wrote: > > I'd be happy to see this as a port, less happy as base code. > > Why less happy as base code? Like all other libalias ALGs, this > wouldn't be very intrusive to the OS. It simply adds one new file to > the source tree. > > Joe > > > > > On Sun, Jun 30, 2002 at 07:47:37PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > I've written a Skinny (the call setup protocol used by Cisco IP phones) > > > NAT ALG for libalias. I sent the code to ru for review, but he's too > > > busy. He wondered how any others would find it useful. > > > > > > Basically, it allows Cisco IP phones behind a FreeBSD running natd or > > > ppp to communicate correctly with a public Cisco Call Manager. It is > > > based on sniffer decodes from ethereal, and has been working for me for > > > some time. > > > > > > If there isn't a big demand for this, I guess there's not a reason to > > > commit it to the tree. However, if people find this useful, it might > > > make a nice addition. > > > > -- > > Barney Wolff > > I never met a computer I didn't like. > > > -- Barney Wolff I never met a computer I didn't like. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
