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From: Patrick Schaaf <bof@bof.de>
Subject: Re: MSN Messenger ALG
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 19:49:14 +0200
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:01:05PM -0500, Glover George wrote:
> Yes, SIP can get very hairy, because it's primarily xml -ished based.

SIP is very similar to HTTP, and thus any special protocol action would
best be handled by the traditional application level gateway. The REDIRECT
target can be used to transparently address that gateway.

There's no need for any new magic within iptables, I think.

best regards
  Patrick