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The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) "Join" Header

The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) "Join" Header

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the

   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for

   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet

   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state

   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004).

Abstract

   This document defines a new header for use with SIP multi-party

   applications and call control.  The Join header is used to logically

   join an existing SIP dialog with a new SIP dialog.  This primitive

   can be used to enable a variety of features, for example: "Barge-In",

   answering-machine-style "Message Screening" and "Call Center

   Monitoring".  Note that definition of these example features is non-

   normative.

Table of Contents

   1.   Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   2

   2.   Conventions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

   3.   Applicability of RFC 2804 ("Raven"). . . . . . . . . . . . .   3

   4.   User Agent Server Behavior: Receiving a Join Header  . . . .   4

   5.   User Agent Client Behavior: Sending a Join header  . . . . .   6

   6.   Proxy behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

   7.   Syntax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

        7.1.  The Join Header  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7

        7.2.  New option tag for Require and Supported headers . . .   8

   8.   Usage Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8

        8.1.  Join accepted and transitioned to central conference .   9

        8.2.  Join rejected  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12

   9.   Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  13

   10.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14

        10.1. Registration of "Join" SIP header. . . . . . . . . . .  14

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        10.2. Registration of "join" SIP Option-tag. . . . . . . . .  14

   11.  Acknowledgments  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14

   12.  References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14

        12.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14

        12.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  15

   13.  Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16

   14.  Full Copyright Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17

1. Introduction

   This document describes a SIP [1] extension header field as part of

   the SIP multiparty applications architecture framework [12].  The

   Join header is used to logically join an existing SIP dialog with a

   new SIP dialog.  This is especially useful in peer-to-peer call

   control environments.

   One use of the "Join" header is to insert a new participant into a

   multimedia conversation (which may be a two-party call or a SIP

   conference [15]).  While this functionality is already available

   using 3rd party call control [17], style call control, the 3pcc model

   requires a central point of control which may not be desirable in

   many environments.  As such, a method of performing these same call

   control primitives in a distributed, peer-to-peer fashion is very

   desirable.

   Use of an explicit Join header is needed in some cases instead of

   addressing an INVITE to a conference URI for the following reasons:

   o  A conference may not yet exist--the new invitation may be trying

      to join an ordinary two-party call.

   o  The party joining may not know if the dialog it wants to join is

      part of a conference.

   o  The party joining may not know the conference URI.

   The Join header enables services such as barge-in, real-time message

   screening, and call center monitoring in a distributed peer-to-peer

   way.  This list of services is not exhaustive.

   For example, the Boss has an established 2-party conversation with a

   Customer, and using some out-of-band mechanism (e.g., voice,

   gestures, or email) asks an Assistant to join the conversation.  The

   Assistant sends an INVITE with a Join header to the Boss with the

   dialog information for the established dialog.  The Assistant

   obtained this information from some other mechanism, for example a

   web-page, an instant message, or from the SIP session dialog package

   [13].

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   Assistant     Boss        Customer

   | callid: [email protected] |  callid: [email protected] |

   |             |              |

   |             |<============>|

   |             |              |

   |INVITE------>|              |

   |Join: [email protected]    |              |

   |             |reINVITE----->|

   |<----200-----|<----200------|

   |-----ACK---->|<----ACK------|

   |             |              |

   |   .. begins mixing ..      |

   |             |              |

   |<===========>|<============>|

   |<::::::::::::::::::::::::::>|

   Note that this operation effectively creates a new conference.  The

   Boss needs to cause a new conference to start (and consequently

   create or obtain a new conference URI).   In our example, the Boss

   mixes all media locally, so it needs to generate a new conference

   URI, return the conference URI as the Contact to the Join INVITE

   (with the "isfocus" Contact header field parameter as defined in [6],

   and reINVITE or UPDATE [22] the Customer with the conference URI as

   the new Contact.  This scenario is also discussed in more detail in

   [16].

2.  Conventions

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",

   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this

   document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [2].

   This document refers frequently to the terms "confirmed dialog" and

   "early dialog".  These are defined in Section 12 of SIP [1].

3.  Applicability of RFC 2804 ("Raven")

   This primitive can be used to create services which are used for

   monitoring purposes, however these services do not meet the

   definition of a wiretap according to RFC 2804 [14].  The definition

   from RFC 2804 is included here:

      Wiretapping is what occurs when information passed across the

      Internet from one party to one or more other parties is delivered

      to a third party:

      1. Without the sending party knowing about the third party

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      2. Without any of the recipient parties knowing about the delivery

         to the third party

      3. When the normal expectation of the sender is that the

         transmitted information will only be seen by the recipient

         parties or parties obliged to keep the information in

         confidence

      4. When the third party acts deliberately to target the

         transmission of the first party, either because he is of

         interest, or because the second party's reception is of

         interest.

   Specifically, item 2 of this definition does not apply to this

   extension, as one party is always aware of a Join request and can

   even decline such requests.  In addition, in many applications of

   this primitive, some or all of the other items may not apply.  For

   example, in many call centers which handle financial transactions,

   all conversations are recorded with the full knowledge and

   expectation of all parties involved.

4.  User Agent Server Behavior: Receiving a Join Header

   The Join header contains information used to match an existing SIP

   dialog (call-id, to-tag, and from-tag).  Upon receiving an INVITE

   with a Join header, the UA attempts to match this information with a

   confirmed or early dialog.  The to-tag and from-tag parameters are

   matched as if they were tags present in an incoming request.  In

   other words the to-tag parameter is compared to the local tag, and

   the from-tag parameter is compared to the remote tag.

   If more than one Join header field is present in an INVITE, or if a

   Join header field is present in a request other than INVITE, the UAS

   MUST reject the request with a 400 Bad Request response.

   The Join header has specific call control semantics.  If both a Join

   header field and another header field with contradictory semantics

   (for example a Replaces [8] header field) are present in a request,

   the request MUST be rejected with a 400 "Bad Request" response.

   If the Join header field matches more than one dialog, the UA MUST

   act as if no match is found.

   If no match is found, but the Request-URI in the INVITE corresponds

   to a conference URI, the UAS MUST ignore the Join header and continue

   processing the INVITE as if the Join header did not exist.  This

   allows User Agents which receive an INVITE with Join to redirect the

   request directly to a conference URI.

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   Otherwise if no match is found, the UAS rejects the INVITE and

   returns a 481 Call/Transaction Does Not Exist response.  Likewise, if

   the Join header field matches a dialog which was not created with an

   INVITE, the UAS MUST reject the request with a 481 response.

   If the Join header field matches a dialog which has already

   terminated, the UA SHOULD decline the request with a 603 Declined

   response.

   If the Join header field matches an active dialog (n.b. unlike the

   Replaces header, the Join header has no limitation on its use with

   early dialogs), the UA MUST verify that the initiator of the new

   INVITE is authorized to join the matched dialog.  If the initiator of

   the new INVITE has authenticated successfully as equivalent to the

   user who is being joined, then the join is authorized.  For example,

   if the user being joined and the initiator of the joining dialog

   share the same credentials for Digest authentication [4], or they

   sign the join request with S/MIME [5] with the same private key and

   present the (same) corresponding certificate used in the original

   dialog, then the join is authorized.

   Alternatively, the Referred-By mechanism [9] defines a mechanism that

   the UAS can use to verify that a join request was sent on behalf of

   the other participant in the matched dialog (in this case, triggered

   by a REFER request).  If the join request contains a Referred-By

   header which corresponds to the user being joined, the UA SHOULD

   treat the join as if it was authorized by the joined party.  The

   Referred-By header MUST reference a corresponding, valid Refererred-

   By Authenticated Identity Body [10].  The UA MAY apply other local

   policy to authorize the remainder of the request.  In other words,

   the UAS may apply different policy to the joined dialog than was

   applied to the target dialog.

   The UA MAY also maintain a list of authorized entities who are

   allowed to join any dialog with certain characteristics (for example,

   all dialogs placed in the call center context of the UA).  In

   addition, the UA MAY use other authorization mechanisms defined for

   this purpose in standards track extensions.  For example, an

   extension could define a mechanism for transitively asserting

   authorization of a join.

   If authorization is successful, the UA attempts to accept the new

   INVITE, and assign any mixing or conferencing resources necessary to

   complete the join.  If the UA cannot accept the new INVITE (for

   example: it cannot establish required QoS or keying, or it has

   incompatible media), the UA MUST return an appropriate error response

   and MUST leave the matched dialog unchanged.

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   A User Agent that accepts a Join header needs to setup dialogs or

   conferences such that the requesting UAC is logically added to the

   conversation space associated with the matched dialog.  Any dialogs

   which are already logically associated with the matched dialog in the

   same conversation space are included as well.  For a detailed

   description of various conferencing mechanisms that could be used to

   handle a Join, please consult the SIP conferencing framework [15].

   If the UAS has sufficient resources to locally handle the Join

   request, the UAS SHOULD accept the Join request and perform the

   appropriate media mixing or combining.  The UAS MAY rearrange

   appropriate dialogs instead as described below, based on some local

   policy.

   If the UAS does not have sufficient resources locally to handle the

   request, or does not wish to use these local resources, but is aware

   of other resources which could be used to satisfy the request (e.g.,

   a centralized conference server), the UA SHOULD create a conference

   using this resource (e.g., INVITE the conference server to obtain a

   conference URI), redirect the requestor to this resource, and request

   other participants in the same conversation space to use this

   resource.  The UA MAY use any appropriate mechanism to transition

   participants to the new resource (e.g., 3xx response, 3rd-party call

   control reinvitiations, REFER requests, or reinvitations to a

   multicast group).  The UA SHOULD only use mechanisms which are

   expected to be acceptable to the other participants.  For example,

   the UA SHOULD NOT attempt to transition the participants to a

   multicast group unless the UA can reasonably expect that all the

   participants can support multicast.

   If the UAS is incapable of satisfying the Join request, it MUST

   return a 488 "Not Acceptable Here" response.

5.  User Agent Client Behavior: Sending a Join header

   A User Agent that wishes to add a new dialog of its own to a single

   existing early or confirmed dialog and any associated dialogs or

   conferences, MAY send the target User Agent an INVITE request

   containing a Join header field.  The UAC places the Call-ID, to-tag,

   and from-tag information for the target dialog in a single Join

   header field and sends the new INVITE to the target.

   If the User Agent receives a 300-class response, and acts on this

   response by sending an INVITE to a Contact in the response, this

   redirected INVITE MUST contain the same Join header which was present

   in the original request.  Although this is unusual, this allows

   INVITE requests with a Join header to be redirected before reaching

   the target UAS.

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   Note that use of the Join mechanism does not provide a way to match

   multiple dialogs, nor does it provide a way to match an entire call,

   an entire transaction, or to follow a chain of proxy forking logic.

6.  Proxy behavior

   Proxy Servers do not require any new behavior to support this

   extension.  They simply pass the Join header field transparently as

   described in the SIP specification.

   Note that it is possible for a proxy (especially when forking based

   on some application layer logic, such as caller screening or time-

   of-day routing) to forward an INVITE request containing a Join header

   field to a completely orthogonal set of Contacts than the original

   request it was intended to replace.  In this case, the INVITE request

   with the Join header field will fail.

7.  Syntax

7.1.  The Join Header

   The Join header field indicates that a new dialog (created by the

   INVITE in which the Join header field in contained) should be joined

   with a dialog identified by the header field, and any associated

   dialogs or conferences.  It is a request header only, and defined

   only for INVITE requests.  The Join header field MAY be encrypted as

   part of end-to-end encryption.  Only a single Join header field value

   may be present in a SIP request

   This document adds the following entry to Table 3 of [1].  Additions

   to this table are also provided for extension methods defined at the

   time of publication of this document.  This is provided as a courtesy

   to the reader and is not normative in any way.  MESSAGE, SUBSCRIBE

   and NOTIFY, REFER, INFO, UPDATE, PRACK, and PUBLISH are defined

   respectively in [19], [20], [7], [21], [22], [23], and [24].

   Header field    where   proxy   ACK  BYE  CAN  INV  OPT  REG  MSG

   ------------    -----   -----   ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---

   Join              R              -    -    -    o    -    -    -

                                   SUB  NOT  REF  INF  UPD  PRA  PUB

                                   ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---

   Join              R              -    -    -    -    -    -    -

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   The following syntax specification uses the augmented Backus-Naur

   Form (BNF) as described in RFC 2234 [3].

      Join            = "Join" HCOLON callid *(SEMI join-param)

      join-param      = to-tag / from-tag / generic-param

      to-tag          = "to-tag" EQUAL token

      from-tag        = "from-tag" EQUAL token

   A Join header MUST contain exactly one to-tag and exactly one from-

   tag, as they are required for unique dialog matching.  For

   compatibility with dialogs initiated by RFC 2543 [11] compliant UAs,

   a to-tag of zero matches both a to-tag value of zero and a null to-

   tag.  Likewise, a from-tag of zero matches both a to-tag value of

   zero and a null from-tag.

   Examples:

      Join: [email protected]

             ;from-tag=r33th4x0r

             ;to-tag=ff87ff

      Join: 12adf2f34456gs5;to-tag=12345;from-tag=54321

      Join: [email protected];to-tag=24796;from-tag=0

7.2.  New option tag for Require and Supported headers

   This specification defines a new Require/Supported header option tag

   "join".  UAs which support the Join header MUST include the "join"

   option tag in a Supported header field.  UAs that want explicit

   failure notification if Join is not supported MAY include the "join"

   option in a Require header field.

   Example:

      Require: join, 100rel

8.  Usage Examples

   The following non-normative examples are not intended to enumerate

   all the possibilities for the usage of this extension, but rather to

   provide examples or ideas only.  For more examples, please see

   service-examples [18].

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8.1.  Join accepted and transitioned to central conference

   A             B              C            conf

   |             |  callid: [email protected] |              |

   |             |              |              |

   |             |<-INVITE------|              | *1

   |             |-----200----->|              | *2

   |             |<----ACK------|              | *3

   |             |<============>|              |

   |             |              |              |

   |INVITE------>|              |              | *4

   |Join: [email protected]    |--INVITE-------------------->| *5

   |             |<----200---------------------| *6

   |             |-----ACK-------------------->|

   |<----302-----|              |              | *7

   |-----ACK---->|              |              |

   |INVITE------------------------------------>| *8

   |<--200-------------------------------------| *9

   |---ACK------------------------------------>|

   |             |--REFER------>|              | *10

   |             |<---202-------|              |

   |             |<--NOTIFY-----|--INVITE-*11->|

   |             |------200---->|<----200-*12--|

   |             |<--NOTIFY-----|-----ACK----->|

   |             |------200---->|              |

   |             |---BYE------->|              |

   |             |<--200--------|              |

   |             |              |              |

   |<=========================================>| mixes the

   |             |<===========================>| three sessions

   |             |              |<============>| together

   The conversation now appears identical to the locally mixed one from

   the example in the Introduction.  Details of how the Join are

   implemented are transparent to A.  B could have used 3rd party call

   control instead to move the necessary sessions.

   Message *1: C -> B

   INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <[email protected]>

   From: <[email protected]>;tag=xyz

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq 1 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

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   Message *2: B -> C

   SIP/2.0 200 OK

   To: <[email protected]>;tag=pdq

   From: <[email protected]>;tag=xyz

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq 1 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

   Message *3: C -> B

   ACK sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <[email protected]>;tag=pdq

   From: <[email protected]>;tag=xyz

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq 1 INVITE

   Message *4: A ->  B

   INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=iii

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

   Join: [email protected];to-tag=xyz;from-tag=pdq

   Message *5: B -> conf

   INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=abc

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

   Message *6: conf -> B

   SIP/2.0 200 OK

   To: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=def

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=abc

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>;isfocus

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   Message *7: B -> A

   SIP/2.0 302 Moved Temporarily

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=iii

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>;isfocus

   Message *8: A -> conf

   INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=iii

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 2 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

   Join: [email protected];to-tag=xyz;from-tag=pdq

   Message *9: conf ->A

   SIP/2.0 200 OK

   To: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=jjj

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=iii

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 2 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>;isfocus

   Message *10: B -> C

   REFER sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <[email protected]>;tag=xyz

   From: <[email protected]>;tag=pdq

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1 REFER

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

   Refer-To: <sip:[email protected]>

   Referred-By: <sip:[email protected]>

   Message *11: C -> conf

   INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <[email protected]>;tag=mmm

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   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

   Referred-By: <sip:[email protected]>

   Message *12: C -> conf

   SIP/2.0 200 OK

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <[email protected]>;tag=mmm

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>;isfocus

   Referred-By: <sip:[email protected]>

8.2.  Join rejected

   A             B              C

   |             |  callid: [email protected] |

   |             |              |

   |             |<============>|

   |             |              |

   |INVITE------>|  *1          |

   |Join: [email protected]    |              |

   |             |              |

   |<----486-----|  *2          |

   |-----ACK---->|              |

   |             |              |

   In this example B is Busy (does not want to be disturbed), and

   therefore does not wish to add A.  B could also decline the request

   with a 603 response.

   Message *1: A ->  B

   INVITE sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=iii

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1 INVITE

   Contact: <sip:[email protected]>

   Join: [email protected];to-tag=xyz;from-tag=pdq

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   Message *2: B -> A

   SIP/2.0 486 Busy

   To: <sip:[email protected]>

   From: <sip:[email protected]>;tag=iii

   Call-Id: [email protected]

   CSeq: 1 INVITE

9.  Security Considerations

   The extension specified in this document significantly changes the

   relative security of SIP devices.  Currently in SIP, even if an

   eavesdropper learns the Call-ID, To, and From headers of a dialog,

   they cannot easily modify or destroy that dialog if Digest

   authentication or end-to-end message integrity are used.

   This extension can be used to insert or monitor potentially sensitive

   content in a multimedia conversation.  As such, invitations with the

   Join header MUST only be accepted if the peer requesting replacement

   has been properly authenticated using a standard SIP mechanism

   (Digest or S/MIME), and authorized to be joined with the target

   dialog.  (All SIP implementations are already required to support

   Digest Authentication.)  Generally authorization for joins are

   configured as a matter of local policy as long-duration persistent

   relationships.

   For example, the UAs used by call center agents might be configured

   with a list of identities who could join their calls (supervisors and

   any call center monitoring User Agents).  Alternatively the call

   center agents might rely on transitive authorization assertions from

   a (shorter) list of authorized hosts (e.g., a certificate authority).

   For answering-machine-style message screening this is even easier.

   Presumably the user screening their messages already has some

   credentials with their messaging server.

   Some mechanisms for obtaining the dialog information needed by the

   Join header (Call-ID, to-tag, and from-tag) include URIs on a web

   page, subscriptions to an appropriate event package, and

   notifications after a REFER request.  Use of end-to-end security

   mechanisms to integrity protect and encrypt this information is also

   RECOMMENDED.

   This extension was designed to take advantage of future signature or

   authorization schemes defined by standards track extensions.  In

   general, call control features would benefit considerably from such

   work.

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   Section 4 describes specific mechanisms for authorization using

   Digest Authentication and S/MIME (RFC 3261) and Referred-by [9], the

   currently available capabilities in SIP.

10.  IANA Considerations

10.1.  Registration of "Join" SIP header

   Name of Header:          Join

   Short form:              none

   Normative description:   section 7.1 of this document

10.2.  Registration of "join" SIP Option-tag

   Name of option:          join

   Description:             Support for the SIP Join header

   SIP headers defined:     Join

   Normative description:   This document

11.  Acknowledgments

   Thanks to Robert Sparks, Alan Johnston, and Ben Campbell and many

   other members of the SIP WG for their continued support of the cause

   of distributed call control in SIP.

12.  References

12.1.  Normative References

   [1]   Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Camarillo, G., Johnston, A.,

         Peterson, J., Sparks, R., Handley, M., and E. Schooler, "SIP:

         Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 3261, June 2002.

   [2]   Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement

         Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

   [3]   Crocker, D. and P. Overell, "Augmented BNF for Syntax

         Specifications: ABNF", RFC 2234, November 1997.

   [4]   Franks, J., Hallam-Baker, P., Hostetler, J., Lawrence, S.,

         Leach, P., Luotonen, A., and L. Stewart, "HTTP Authentication:

         Basic and Digest Access Authentication", RFC 2617, June 1999.

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   [5]   Ramsdell, B., "Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

         (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Message Specification", RFC 3851, July

         2004.

   [6]   Rosenberg, J., "Indicating User Agent Capabilities in the

         Session Initiation Protocol  (SIP)", RFC 3840, August 2004.

12.2.  Informative References

   [7]   Sparks, R., "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Refer

         Method", RFC 3515, April 2003.

   [8]   Dean, R., Biggs, B., and R. Mahy, "The Session Initiation

         Protocol (SIP) "Replaces" Header", RFC 3891, September 2004.

   [9]   Sparks, R., "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Referred-By

         Mechanism", RFC 3892, September 2004.

   [10]  Peterson, J., "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Authenticated

         Identity Body (AIB) Format", RFC 3893, September 2004.

   [11]  Handley, M., Schulzrinne, H., Schooler, E., and J. Rosenberg,

         "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol", RFC 2543, March 1999.

   [12]  Mahy, R., "A Call Control and Multi-party usage framework for

         the Session  Initiation Protocol (SIP)", Work in Progress,

         March 2003.

   [13]  Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "An INVITE Initiated Dialog

         Event Package for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", Work

         in Progress, March 2003.

   [14]  IAB and IESG, "IETF Policy on Wiretapping", RFC 2804, May 2000.

   [15]  Rosenberg, J., "A Framework for Conferencing with the Session

         Initiation Protocol", Work in Progress, May 2003.

   [16]  Johnston, A. and O. Levin, "Session Initiation Protocol Call

         Control - Conferencing for User  Agents", Work in Progress,

         April 2003.

   [17]  Rosenberg, J., Peterson, J., Schulzrinne, H., and G. Camarillo,

         "Best Current Practices for Third Party Call Control (3pcc) in

         the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", BCP 85, RFC 3725, April

         2004.

   [18]  Johnston, A. and S. Donovan, "Session Initiation Protocol

         Service Examples", Work in Progress, March 2003.

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   [19]  Campbell, B., Rosenberg, J., Schulzrinne, H., Huitema, C., and

         D. Gurle, "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Extension for

         Instant Messaging", RFC 3428, December 2002.

   [20]  Roach, A., "Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-Specific Event

         Notification", RFC 3265, June 2002.

   [21]  Donovan, S., "The SIP INFO Method", RFC 2976, October 2000.

   [22]  Rosenberg, J., "The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) UPDATE

         Method", RFC 3311, October 2002.

   [23]  Rosenberg, J. and H. Schulzrinne, "Reliability of Provisional

         Responses in Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)", RFC 3262, June

         2002.

   [24]  Campbell, B., "SIMPLE Presence Publication Mechanism", Work in

         Progress, February 2003.

13.  Authors' Addresses

   Rohan Mahy

   Airespace

   110 Nortech Parkway

   San Jose, CA 95134

   USA

   EMail: [email protected]

   Dan Petrie

   Pingtel

   400 West Cummings Park, Suite 2200

   Woburn, MA  01801

   USA

   EMail: [email protected]

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