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RTP Header Compression under a VPN IPSEC Connection

cfujimura
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Is it possible to compress the RTP, UDP and IP headers of a voice packet under a VPN IPSEC connection? These headers are encrypted when IPSEC is set to use ESP.

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William Bell
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

I believe these two protocols are incompatible.  cRTP compressess the IP/UDP/RTP headers.  ipsec encrypts these headers.  So, by the time the RTP compression process could be engaged it cannot accomplish it's job successfully.

See this reference:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/solutions/Enterprise/WAN_and_MAN/V3PN_SRND/v3p_comp.html#wp1035253

And this netpro doc:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-2498/version/2

HTH.


Regards,
Bill

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HTH -Bill (b) http://ucguerrilla.com (t) @ucguerrilla

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I suspected that it would not be possible with ESP as the encryption process. I´ve confirmed now. Thanks for the help.

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