This is essentially correct. There are some h.323 things happening in the
Linux world. Unfortunatly, they're using C++. The C++ libs won't fit on a
STN floppy. So.... I'm not sure what's going to happen withe H.323.
Something _will_, but I'm not sure when.
Regs,
John
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> I've looked into it briefly and here's what I understand so far.
> Correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> Apparently the main culprit is the H.323 protocol itself. I
> wanted to blame it on Microsoft (for obvious reasons :) ), but
> Intel apparently shoved the protocol down everyone's throat, and
> to compete everyone started using the protocol. Had it undergone
> an RFC or other review process, probably someone would have
> spoken up and said--"Um, this gets broken by just about every
> firewall there is." My guess is MS made it worse with
> NetMeeting, but that's only based on the fact that they always do.
>
> The protocol includes the client IP in the DATA portion of the
> packet. When the firewall (STN) rewrites the packet HEADER with
> your external IP, it differs from what's in the H.323 data in the
> packet which breaks something somewhere. Not sure, but maybe the
> other side replies to what's in the data instead of the header?
>
> What we'll need (and I believe someone in the LInux community is
> working on?) is a proxy that's protocol aware, so that it changes
> both the data and header to the same IP.
>
> Or, the protocol itself could get fixed someday. Less likely.
>
> BTW, I was able to get others to hear me, but I didn't get
> anything back.
>
> pjb
>
> At 12:52 PM 8/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >It seems to me that sometime ago John was trying to figure out how to
> >get Netmeeting to work through STN. Does anyone have it working? If
> >not, what about CUSeeMe or something like it?
> >
> >Terry Horton
> >
> >
> >
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