Re: francois' comments and why RFC4474 not used in the field

Jiri Kuthan <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.sip
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jonathan Rosenberg wrote:
> inline:
> 
> Dean Willis wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 30, 2009, at 2:25 PM, Uzelac, Adam wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> The need is IDENTITY first and foremost.
>>
>> Is that signaling identity, or media identity, or both?
>>
>> Is either useful alone?
>>
>> I'm thinking that a lot of people are demanding signaling identity 
>> without media identity, and haven't really thought about the 
>> consequences of that decision because they grew up with a telephone 
>> system that  essentially lacks the distinction.
> 
>  From an end user perspective, I would assert that the most important 
> thing is probably the media. If the callerID says, "this is bob", what 
> is important to the user, is that when I pick up the phone and start 
> talking, it will be Bob who hears me, and Bob that I hear.
> 
> Consider this litmus test:
> 
> If the signaling actually came from Mary (perhaps as a third party), but 
> the media goes/comes to/from Bob, who should appear on the caller ID? I 
> say - Bob.

There is a timing aspect in favor of placing identity in signaling --
I would like to know whose call is ringing before I answer (if I do).

-jiri


> 
> -Jonathan R.
> 
> 
> 
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