Bug 32273

Summary:	Transparent Proxy for NetMeeting
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Marcelo Mustafa Murad <marcelo.murad>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	voip herd (OBSOLETE) <voip+disabled>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.cryogenic.net/nmproxy.html
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Marcelo Mustafa Murad 2003-10-29 07:54:14 UTC

In short, the proxy lets you run NetMeeting sessions through a firewall.

NetMeeting and firewalls do not really mix. The problem is that NetMeeting uses a complex set of protocols (H323) that require it to be able to negotiate the use of arbitrary TCP and UDP ports in both directions. Such behaviour is difficult for a firewall to support in a secure way, because it has no knowledge of which ports are being used, and why. Things get even worse if the firewall has to do address translation.

Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2005-12-10 05:10:42 UTC

Last upstream release is 2 1/2 years old.

WONTFIX.