[plug] Skype

Chris Caston caston at arach.net.au
Fri Nov 12 20:48:45 WST 2004


On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 20:43, garry wrote:
> Anyone here using Skype?
> 
> Do you have to open any INcoming ports on the firewall? The 
> http://www.skype.com/help/guides/firewall.html says to open OUTgoing 
> ports, but says nothing about incoming...
> 
> To receive a call, it'd be logical that at least one incoming port would 
> need to be open..
> 
> (Having said that, I'm hoping I don't have to - it'd save me working out 
> the syntax for iptables to forward it!)
> 
> Thanks in advance..

I never worked out how to accept other peoples calls but I could make
them. Actually it works out well that way because you get to choose if
you want to talk or not :)
> 
> Garry
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