SIP Header Manipulation Rules Attributes and Values Reference

Refer to the following table for information about the attributes that you can configure for SIP header manipulation rules.

Attributes

Values and Descriptions

Action

add—Adds a new header, if that header does not exist.
delete—Deletes the header, if it exists.
find-replace-all—Finds all matching headers and replaces with the header you specified for “Split” and "Join."
log—Logs the header.
manipulate—Manipulates the elements of this header to the element rules configured.
monitor—Monitors the header.
store—Stores the header.
none—(default) No action is taken.
reject—Rejects the header.
sip-manip—Manipulates the SIP elements of this header to the element rules configured.

Default: None.

Comparison type

boolean—Header is compared to header rule and must match exactly or it is rejected.
case-insensitive—Header is compared to header rule regardless of the case of the header.
case-sensitive—(default) Header is compared to the header rule and case must be exactly the same or it is rejected.
pattern-rule—Header is compared to the header rule and the pattern must be exactly the same or it is rejected.
refer-case-insensitive—Header is compared to the header rule regardless of the case in a REFER message.
refer-case-sensitive—Header is compared to the header rule and the case must be exactly the same as in the REFER message or it is rejected.

Default: Case-sensitive.

Format

ascii-string - A character-encoding scheme that represents text (128 ASCII codes, 7 bits).
binary-ascii - An encoding scheme where each byte of an ASCII character is used. Can use up to 256 bit patterns .
hex-ascii - An encoding scheme that uses a string of numbers (no spaces) to represent each ASCII character.

Header name

The name of the header to which the rule applies. Case-sensitive.

Match value

The value that you want to match against the element value for an action to be performed.

Match val type

The type of value to match to the match-field entry for the action to be performed.

any—(default) Element value in the SIP message is compared with the match-value field entry. If the match-value field is empty, all values are considered a match.
fqdn—Element value in the SIP message must be a valid FQDN to be compared to the match-value field entry. If the match-value field is empty, any valid FQDN is considered a match. If the element value is not a valid FQDN, it is not considered a match.
ip—Element value in the SIP message must be a valid IP address to be compared to the match-value field entry. If the match-value field is empty, any valid IP address is considered a match. If the element value is not a valid IP address, it is not considered a match.

Media type (SDP descriptor for SDP media rule)

m—Media name and transport address
i—Media title
c—Connection information (optional when configured at the session level)
b—Zero or more bandwidth information lines
k—Encryption key
a—Zero or more media attribute lines
t—The session time is active
r—Zero or more repeat times

Methods

SIP method names to which you want to apply the header rule. For example, INVITE, ACK, BYE. When this field is empty, the system applies the MIME rule to all methods. Default: Blank.

Mime header

The parameter name to which the rule applies. The parameter name depends on the element name you entered. For uri-param, uri-user-param, and header-param it is the parameter name to be added, replaced, or deleted. For all other types, it serves to identify the element rule and any name can be used. Alpha-numeric characters. Default: blank.

Msg type

any—(default) Requests, replies, and out-of-dialog messages
out-of-dialog—Out of dialog messages only.
reply—Reply messages only
request—Request messages only

Default: Any.

Name

The name you want to use for the rule. Default: Blank.

New value

The value for a new element or replacement value for an existing element. You can enter an expression that includes a combination of absolute values, pre-defined parameters, and operators.

Absolute values—Use double quotes for clarity. You must escape all double quotes and back slashes that are part of an absolute value, and enclose the absolute value in double quotes.
Pre-defined values.—Pre-defined parameters always start with a $. For valid values, see the Pre-defined Parameters table.
Operators parameters—For valid values, see the Operators table.

The following table describes the pre-defined parameters.

Pre-defined Parameter	Description
$ORIGINAL	Original value of the element is used.
$LOCAL_IP	IP address of the SIP interface on which the message was received for inbound manipulation; or sent on for outbound manipulation.
$REMOTE_IP	IP address the message was received from for inbound manipulation; or being sent to for outbound manipulation.
$REMOTE_VIA_HOST	Host from the top Via header of the message is used.
$TRUNK_GROUP	Trunk group is used.
$TRUNK_GROUP_CONTEXT	Trunk group context is used.

The following table describes the Operators.

Operator	Description
+	Append the value to the end. For example: acme”+”packet generates acmepacket
+^	Prepends the value. For example: acme”+^”packet generates packetacme
-	Subtract at the end. For example: 112311”-”11 generates 1123
-^	Subtract at the beginning. For example: 112311”-^”11 generates 2311

Parameter name

Type

The type of element on which to perform the action. Default: Blank.

header-param—Perform the action on the parameter portion of the header.
header-param-name—Perform the action on the header parameter name.
header-value—Perform the action on the header value.
mime—Perform the action on Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME).
reason-phrase—Perform the action on reason phrases.
status-code—Perform the action on status codes.
teluri-param—Perform the action on a SIP telephone Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).
uri-display—Perform the action on the display of the SIP URI.
uri-header—Perform the action on a header included in a request constructed from the URI.
uri-header-name—Perform the action on a SIP URI header name.
uri-host—Perform the action on a Host portion of the SIP URI.
uri-param—Perform the action on the parameter included in the SIP URI.
uri-param-name—Perform the action on the name parameter of the SIP URI.
uri-phone-number-only—Perform the action on a SIP URI phone number only.
uri-port—Perform the action on the port number portion of the SIP URI.
uri-user—Perform the action on the user portion of the SIP URI.
uri-user-only—Perform the action on the user portion only of the SIP URI.
uri-user-param—Perform the action on the user parameter of the SIP URI.

Type (SDP descriptor for SDP line rule)

v—Protocol version
o—Originator and session identifier
s—Session name
i—Session information
u—URI of description
e—Email address
p—Phone number
c—Connection information (not required when included in all media)
b—Zero or more bandwidth information lines or one or more time descriptions("t=" and "r=" lines)
z—Time zone adjustments
k—Encryption key
a—Zero or more session attribute lines or zero or more media descriptions
t—Time the session is active
r—Zero or more repeat times