Hi Alin, On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 08:15:19AM +0100, Alin Nastac wrote: > When enabled, the sip_external_media logic will leave SDP > payload untouched when it detects that interface towards INVITEd > party is the same with the one towards media endpoint. > > The typical scenario for this logic is when a LAN SIP agent has more > than one IP address (uses a different address for media streams than > the one used on signalling stream) and it also forwards calls to a > voice mailbox located on the WAN side. In such case sip_direct_media > must be disabled (so normal calls could be handled by the SIP > helper), but media streams that are not traversing this router must > also be excluded from address translation (e.g. call forwards). This patch got stuck in my queue right before holidays. I'm very sorry about that. Still one more question: Now that we have explicit helper assignment via rule, and assuming automatic helper assignment is deprecated (actually, disabled by default these days since it is unsecure [1]). Would it be possible to skip this via explicit ruleset policy? Thanks. [1] https://home.regit.org/netfilter-en/secure-use-of-helpers/