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	<title>User's Guide</title>
	
	<section>
		<title>Overview</title>
		<para>
		This module is designed to be used at intermediate sip proxies like loadbalancers in front of
		registrars and proxies. It provides functions for inserting a Path header including a parameter for
		passing forward the received-&uri; of a registration to the next hop. It also provides a mechanism
		for evaluating this parameter in subsequent requests and to set the destination &uri; according to it.
		</para>
		<section>
			<title>Path insertion for registrations</title>
			<para>
			For registrations in a scenario like <quote>[UAC] -> [P1] -> [REG]</quote>, 
			the "path" module can be used at the intermediate proxy P1 to insert a Path
			header into the message before forwarding it to the registrar REG. Two functions
			can be used to achieve this:
			<itemizedlist>
				<listitem>
					<para>
					<emphasis>add_path(...)</emphasis> adds a Path header in the form of
					<quote>Path: &lt;sip:1.2.3.4;lr&gt;</quote> to the message using the address
					of the outgoing interface. A port is only added if it's not the default
					port 5060.
					</para>
					<para>
					If a username is passed to the function, it is also included in the Path
					&uri;, like <quote>Path: &lt;sip:username@1.2.3.4;lr&gt;</quote>.
					</para>
				</listitem>

				<listitem>
					<para>
					<emphasis>add_path_received(...)</emphasis> also add a Path header in the
					same form as above, but also adds a parameter indicating the received-&uri;
					of the message, like 
					<quote>Path: &lt;sip:1.2.3.4;received=sip:2.3.4.5:1234;lr&gt;</quote>. This
					is especially useful if the proxy does NAT detection and wants to pass
					the NAT'ed address to the registrar.
					</para>
					<para>
					If the function is called with a username, it's included in the Path &uri; too.
					</para>
				</listitem>
			</itemizedlist>
			</para>
			<para>
			</para>
		</section>
		<section>
			<title>Outbound routing to NAT'ed UACs</title>
			<para>
			If the NAT'ed address of an UAC is passed to the registrar, the registrar routes back
			subsequent requests using the Path header of the registration as Route header of the
			current request. If the intermediate proxy had inserted a Path header including the
			<quote>received</quote> parameter during the registration, this parameter will show up
			in the Route header of the new request as well, allowing the intermediate proxy to route
			to this address instead of the one propagated in the Route &uri; for tunneling through NAT.
			This behaviour can be activated by setting the module parameter <quote>use_received</quote>.
			</para>
		</section>
	</section>

	<section>
	<title>Dependencies</title>
	<section>
		<title>&ser; Modules</title>
		<para>
		The following modules must be loaded before this module:
			<itemizedlist>
			<listitem>
			<para>
				The "rr" module is needed for outbound routing according to the <quote>received</quote>
				parameter.
			</para>
			</listitem>
			</itemizedlist>
		</para>
	</section>
	<section>
		<title>External Libraries or Applications</title>
		<para>
		The following libraries or applications must be installed before 
		running &ser; with this module loaded:
			<itemizedlist>
			<listitem>
			<para>
				<emphasis>None</emphasis>.
			</para>
			</listitem>
			</itemizedlist>
		</para>
	</section>
	</section>

	<section>
	<title>Exported Parameters</title>
	<section>
		<title><varname>use_received</varname> (int)</title>
		<para>
		If set to 1, the <quote>received</quote> parameter of the first Route &uri; is evaluated and
		used as destination-&uri; if present.
		</para>
		<para>
		<emphasis>
			Default value is 0.
		</emphasis>
		</para>
		<example>
		<title>Set <varname>use_received</varname> parameter</title>
		<programlisting format="linespecific">
...
modparam("path", "use_received", 1)
...
</programlisting>
		</example>
	</section>
	</section>

	<section>
	<title>Exported Functions</title>
	<section>
		<title>
		<function moreinfo="none">add_path()</function>
		</title>
		<para>
		This function is used to insert a Path header in the form 
		<quote>Path: &lt;sip:1.2.3.4;lr&gt;</quote>, where <quote>1.2.3.4</quote> is the address
		of the outgoing interface.
		</para>
		<para>
		This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.
		</para>
		<example>
		<title><function>add_path</function> usage</title>
		<programlisting format="linespecific">
...
if (!add_path()) {
	sl_send_reply("503", "Internal Path Error");
	...
};
...
</programlisting>
		</example>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>
		<function moreinfo="none">add_path(user)</function>
		</title>
		<para>
		This function adds a Path header in the form 
		<quote>Path: &lt;sip:user@1.2.3.4;lr&gt;</quote>.
		</para>
		<para>Meaning of the parameters is as follows:</para>
		<itemizedlist>
		<listitem>
			<para>
			<emphasis>user</emphasis> - The username to be inserted as user part.
			</para>
		</listitem>
		</itemizedlist>
		<para>
		This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.
		</para>
		<example>
		<title><function>add_path(user)</function> usage</title>
		<programlisting format="linespecific">
...
if (!add_path("loadbalancer")) {
	sl_send_reply("503", "Internal Path Error");
	...
};
...
</programlisting>
		</example>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>
		<function moreinfo="none">add_path_received()</function>
		</title>
		<para>
		This function adds a Path header in the form 
		<quote>Path: &lt;sip:1.2.3.4;received=sip:2.3.4.5:1234;lr&gt;</quote>, setting it's own 
		outgoing address as domain-part, and the address the request has been received from as
		received-parameter.
		</para>
		<para>
		This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.
		</para>
		<example>
		<title><function>add_path_received()</function> usage</title>
		<programlisting format="linespecific">
...
if (!add_path_received()) {
	sl_send_reply("503", "Internal Path Error");
	...
};
...
</programlisting>
		</example>
	</section>

	<section>
		<title>
		<function moreinfo="none">add_path_received(user)</function>
		</title>
		<para>
		This function adds a Path header in the form 
		<quote>Path: &lt;sip:user@1.2.3.4;received=sip:2.3.4.5:1234;lr&gt;</quote>, setting
		'user' as username part of address, it's own 
		outgoing address as domain-part, and the address the request has been received from as
		received-parameter.
		</para>
		<para>
		This function can be used from REQUEST_ROUTE.
		</para>
		<example>
		<title><function>add_path_received(user)</function> usage</title>
		<programlisting format="linespecific">
...
if (!add_path_received("inbound")) {
	sl_send_reply("503", "Internal Path Error");
	...
};
...
</programlisting>
		</example>
	</section>


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