[clug] Bad echo when using gnome meeting
Richard
richard_c at tpg.com.au
Mon Jun 14 12:07:53 GMT 2004
It's link-tastic!!!!
Michael Still wrote:
> It was actually two wireless laptops in the same room. I believe in
> pushing the technology.
See:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1738&e=1&u=/zd/20040609/tc_zd/129119
Sometimes the technology just wants to be left alone to sulk in a corner.
> Does iptables do connection tracking for H323? The scenario is random
> machine on the internet talking to a machine at home via dnat.
I believe not. h.323 uses a mind-bending selection of random ports, TCP,
UDP, with/without RTP, nuts, wafers, and/or chocolate sauce. See
convenient article at: http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1782
There was/is an 2.2.0 ip_masq_h323 module hosted at:
http://www.coritel.it/coritel/projects/nat/index.html I tried this
sometime ago with a Smoothwall router I had at the time, but couldn't
test it effectively. Also, this module only supports call setup things,
so you can't register your presence with a gateway (I think it's a
gateway, this was a year ago, or two, that I got curious about this
stuff); the other party needs to know your IP address. Apparently, SIP
is much easier to route, but is a little "feature-light" for many
purposes (only supporting call setup). H.323 has a "cradle to grave"
view of a call in comparison.
Routing H.323 is a proper PITA. Use a gatekeeper and its eccentricities
in preference to a head-on assault against the protocol proper. Of
course you /could/ use all that spare time you have to re-write
ip_masq_h323 for the brave new 2.6 world :-P I'd do it, but I have a
pressing appointment at the pub for the next 3 months or so.
Richard
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