[SIPForum-techwg] Feedback on bootstrapping

[Henning Schulzrinne]

I'm worried that we'll be focusing too much on PBX-style scenarios,  
rather than consumer scenarios. For a consumer device, DHCP is pretty  
useless since the DHCP domain, in general, won't have anything to do  
with the service provider domain (unless, of course, you believe that  
only your DSL or cable provider should be allowed to provide phone  
service).

Henning

On Sep 28, 2008, at 11:29 AM, Sumanth Channabasappa wrote:

> Henning,
>
> The config framework presents various options and guidelines based on
> known deployments that employ different mechanisms. In this sense it
> addresses the scenarios we know about, but does not provide specific
> solutions. We can use these guidelines and formulate one or more
> bootstrapping solutions for our purposes. For example, clients with  
> UIs
> can rely on user-entered domain and initial credentials. Clients  
> without
> UIs will need other mechanisms to obtain the domain name (e.g., DHCP)
> and rely on say content indirection for initial bootstrapping. (If we
> can agree, perhaps there can be one single mechanism, but this  
> requires
> feedback and discussions.)
>
> Let's discuss on the call tomorrow.
>
> - S