Re: IP Videoconferencing

[Brian Reilly <reillyb () GEORGETOWN EDU>]

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Walsh, Brian R. (Information Services) wrote:

> We have a request from our Instructional Technology group to allow
> access through our firewall for a new IP videoconferencing unit.
> Allowing this through the firewall seems to be relatively low risk and
> I think our firewalls may even be "H.323 aware" which would make this
> a little easier to do and perhaps more secure. I am assuming that the
> videoconferencing hardware and software take care of other security
> like authentication, encryption, etc.
>
> Is there anything specific I should be worried about with this setup?
> I don't know much about the protocols or products involved so any
> advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

I wouldn't assume that the devices are properly taking care of
authentication, encryption, and other security requirements.  Several
popular videoconferencing devices ship with default passwords, only
support cleartext protocols for management, and may not enable encryption
by default.

--Brian

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