RFC 7339 (Standards Track, September 2014) defines SIP overload control, in which a server uses the Via parameters oc, oc-algo, oc-validity and oc-seq to tell upstream clients to cut traffic, with loss-based control as the default algorithm.

Checked 2026-09-25

Vendor
IETF
Product
SIP
Subsystem
Overload control
Deployment
any
Region
not restricted
Release range
RFC 7339
Checked
2026-09-25

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APA

WarmTransfer. (2026, September 25). SIP scanning and telephony denial of service: source note sip-scanning-tdos-rfc7339-overload-control. WarmTransfer. https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-scanning-tdos-rfc7339-overload-control

BibTeX

@misc{warmtransfer-claim-sip-scanning-tdos-rfc7339-overload-control,
  title  = {SIP scanning and telephony denial of service: source note sip-scanning-tdos-rfc7339-overload-control},
  author = {{WarmTransfer}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://warmtransfer.net/knowledge/claims/sip-scanning-tdos-rfc7339-overload-control},
  note   = {Source note sip-scanning-tdos-rfc7339-overload-control, checked 2026-09-25}
}

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