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Re: [midcom] Proxies / ALG in Midcom framework document

2001-07-04 05:42:41

So what happens to all the application layer protocols (SIP,HTTP) who have 
their
own means of firewall traversal? Will they have to comply to the MIDCOM
specification once it is published?

I don't know of any protocol that has its own means of
firewall traversal.  Firewalls may or may not have support
for particular protocols.  That won't change, of course, 
and firewalls that do stateful inspection will continue
to be useful in cases where there's no application support
for midcom or when performance and application security
are not issues.

Melinda



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