On Wednesday 02 January 2008, Tejas Dinkar said: > The Bonjour Protocol (described here: > http://www.xmpp.org/extensions/attic/jep-0174-0.5.html#nt-id2257435) > > requires that one listens on a local socket (usually port 5298, which > can be grabbed without root) > > Unfortunately, IPTables sometimes blocks access from external hosts > connecting to that port. > > Does KDE have any procedure to tell the local firewall to let packets > through? I know pidgin does it somehow.
Kevin Ottens' student group are working on a UPNP implementation to be able to tell routers to forward ports. I'm not sure if UPNP can talk to a local firewall too. Maybe if the students are reading this they can respond with more details? Will _______________________________________________ kopete-devel mailing list kopete-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel
