Re: netmeeting

>
> Go to MS's website and do a search of their knowledgebase.  Last I did
> this (2 years ago) I was horrified and banned NetMeeting from the
> network where I worked at that time.  Basically, the firewall issues are
> extreme.   As of 2 years ago, the recommendation from MS was to open
> *ALL* ports for incoming traffic as NetMeeting will try to open a second
> connection on a random port.  The bottom line in the knowledgebase
> article was something  to the effect that if you cannot get NetMeeting
> to work with your firewall  then you should remove the firewall.  A bit
> backwards thinking IMHO.  If  MS has not changed their model for port
> use in the past two years then you  will have a tough choice of security
> or NM.


> http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO/netfilter-extensions-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3

This is one of the first hits on google for "netfilter netmeeting"

IIRC, using the multicast module is also necessary to allow netmeeting to
work through netfilter.

Question though, out of curiosity... what's the advantage of netmeeting?

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