[OpenSIPS-Users] new "disable_503_translation" parameter

[Bogdan-Andrei Iancu]

Hi Alex,

503 is to indicate a failure of the next hop, so it is a kind of 
hop-by-hop failure indication. So, it is bogus to forward should reply 
as you will forward the failure indication to a wrong hop.

For example 503 reply is used for DNS-based failover (as trigger).

So, if you have something like:
    phone   ->    proxy   ->   GW

If GW generates a 503 to indicate a failure (so the proxy to take any 
failover actions), such reply must not be forwarded to phone, as 
otherwise the phone will interpret the reply as a failure indication 
from proxy.

Regards,
Bogdan

Alex Massover wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Maybe I missed that lesson, but I'm curious what is the idea behind 
> implicit translation of responses (503à500)?
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> Can somebody explain me please?
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> Best Regards,
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> Alex Massover
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> Telephony Group Manager
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> R&D Department
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> Jajah Inc.
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