[Live-devel] How to parameter the SETUP request using the RTSPClient object

[Julien Bruneau]

Ok, thank you very much for the information!

2007/12/9, Ross Finlayson <finlayson at live555.com>:
>
> >I am developing a RTSP client that has to send RTSP requests to a
> >RTSP server. To do that, I use the RTSPClient object.
> >
> >I would like to know if it is possible to parameter the SETUP
> >request so that the media will be sent to another address that the
> >address of the client. In the RTSP RFC, it is said that the string
> >"destination=..." can be added to the Transport field of the SETUP
> >request to specify where you want the media to be sent. Is it
> >possible in the LiveMedia library?
>
> No, not without modifying the existing code.
>
> Note, though, that most RTSP servers, by default, will *not* handle a
> "destination=" parameter in the RTSP "SETUP" "Transport:" header,
> because this would make it possible for a client to use this to set
> up a denial-of-service attack against a third party.  Therefore, you
> should not depend upon being to ask a server to send a stream to a
> different address.
> --
>
> Ross Finlayson
> Live Networks, Inc.
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