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VideoConferencing over the interrnet
From: "Chris Hughes" <chughes () rpm com>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 19:11:59 -0400
Hi all, I am currently looking for avideoconferencing solution that is both secure and functional. I got a call from the CEO requesting that I open up our firewall setup (two choke routers and a PIX) to allow him to participate in a videoconference utilizing ICQ and Netmeeting. He gave me 30 minutes notice. I just inherited support of this network and found some acl's in the outside choke router. But am not sure what to look for on the PIX. The an acl on the router denies access to port 6666. Well, I told him that at this point I would rather be given time to provide a secure means to do this. I looked on the web and saw ICQ could in fact be setup to work with Netmeeting. I saw options to config ICQ to use 3 types of socks proxy, and a way to indicate the presence of a firewall. Port setting can be hard coded or dynamic. Questions: 1) Is there a better more secure way to do VC'ing over the 'net? 2) Is this strictly a router acl issue, or does the PIX need to be involved? 3) Is this just plain stupid and insecure to attempt ? Thanks in advance for the help.
Current thread:
- VideoConferencing over the interrnet Chris Hughes (Sep 18)
- Re: VideoConferencing over the interrnet Andrew Reiter (Sep 21)