Re: RealPlayer port 554 et al

On Thursday 22 December 2005 06:56, Culpeper wrote:
> On Suse 10.0 I needed to set up a user defined protocol for TCP Ports 
554-557 to
> run online RealPlayer streaming video and audio.  The standard Guarddog 
"Media"
> protocol option setup still left port 554 "closed" rather than "stealthed"
> (Shields Up! firewall test).  May only have needed to define port 554 but
> included all ports between 554-557 because one online firewall reported that
> port 557 was "open" (SOS firewall test).

RealPlayer and perhaps other streaming media players seem to use a protocol 
called rtsp (TCP 554). I've added it to the my TODO list.

cheers,

-- 
Simon Edwards             | Guarddog Firewall
[email protected]       | http://www.simonzone.com/software/
Nijmegen, The Netherlands | "ZooTV? You made the right choice."


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