Re: [Ekiga-list] security check failed

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mercredi 18 avril 2007 �3:16 +0200, Thomas Schiex a �it :
> I tried to reuse Ekiga SIP after a period of quietness in this area
> (Ekiga worked fine one year ago). I used my SIP account (provided by my
> ISP, free.fr). This is the only account I have configured.
> 
> The call is not initiated and I instead get a "Security check failed"
> message. This was using EKiga 2.0.3.
> 
> 1) I cross checked (retyped) the Registrar, user, password and
> authentication id.
> 
> 	Still fails
> 
> 2) I tested the SIP account using Twinkle and XLite
> 
> 	Both worked fine
> 
> 3) I rechecked the SIP account configuration in Ekiga for safety:
> 
> 	Failed again
> 
> 4) I upgraded Ekiga to 2.0.9 (using saillard ubuntu repository)
> 
> 	Still fails with the same message (appears more shortly)
> 
> 5) I stopped my (iptable) firewall for a moment (DMZ machine), retried:
> failure (STUN NAT with restricted port). Tried redoing NAT detection in
> Ekiga, shifted to Cone NAT:
> 
> 	Still fails with the same message
> 
> 4) I restarted my firewall and redid NAT detection (went back to
> restricted port). I tried an ekiga -d4. Ekiga seems to register the SIP
> account fine but the call itself fails... again I put part of it below.
> 
> 	Any idea ? I'd rather use Ekiga than Twinkle.

The bad news is that Freephonie recently changed the way they are
working. They reject calls if the PDUs come from different ports (which
is what Ekiga is doing).

We plan to find a workaround, but it will take time.

Unfortunately, this is very silly from them.
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