ITU standards, such as, Q.1912.5, imply From header is used for caller id
display.

On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Brett Tate <[email protected]> wrote:

> > But this section 8 is written so generically (eg "However,
> > any specific behavior is specific to implementations or
> > services") that it is pretty much saying nothing on
> > the usage of From header vs P-Asserted-ID.
>
> 8. User Agent Server Behavior
>
>   Typically, a user agent renders the value of a P-Asserted-Identity
>   header field that it receives to its user.  It may consider the
>   identity provided by a Trust Domain to be privileged, or
>   intrinsically more trustworthy than the From header field of a
>   request.  However, any specific behavior is specific to
>   implementations or services.  This document also does not mandate any
>   user agent handling for multiple P-Asserted-Identity header field
>   values that happen to appear in a message (such as a SIP URI
>   alongside a tel URL).
>
>   However, if a User Agent Server receives a message from a previous
>   element that it does not trust, it MUST NOT use the P-Asserted-
>   Identity header field in any way.
>
>   If a UA is part of the Trust Domain from which it received a message
>   containing a P-Asserted-Identity header field, then it can use the
>   value freely but it MUST ensure that it does not forward the
>   information to any element that is not part of the Trust Domain, if
>   the user has requested that asserted identity information be kept
>   private.
>
>   If a UA is not part of the Trust Domain from which it received a
>   message containing a P-Asserted-Identity header field, then it can
>   assume this information does not need to be kept private.
>
>
> > On a feature as simple as which header to use for caller
> > ID display, so one carrier can try to enforce the From
> > header while another could use the P-Asserted-ID?
>
> It is all about trust.  The trust issues were one of the reasons why RFC
> 5876 is categorized as "Informational" instead of "Standards Track".
>
>
> > Is there no standard pertaining to SIP in IETF and ITU
> > which clarifies the proper usage?
>
> Concerning IETF, see Abstract.  3gpp may be more specific concerning the
> topic.
>
> Abstract
>
>   This document describes private extensions to the Session Initiation
>   Protocol (SIP) that enable a network of trusted SIP servers to assert
>   the identity of authenticated users, and the application of existing
>   privacy mechanisms to the identity problem.  The use of these
>   extensions is only applicable inside an administrative domain with
>   previously agreed-upon policies for generation, transport and usage
>   of such information.  This document does NOT offer a general privacy
>   or identity model suitable for use between different trust domains,
>   or use in the Internet at large.
>
>
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