Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] ILS, big problem

[Johnny Strom <jonny strom netikka fi>]

paul wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 22:38, Damien Sandras wrote:
>
> > Perhaps Paul should have the final work on this
>
>
> I'm afraid I don't understand why this is a problem. ILS lists people
> who wish to be in a directory. It isn't designed to guarantee that
> these people are reachable. Suppose, for example, that I wish to
> register with an ILS server but configure my firewall to only allow
> a known subset of people to contact me. Does that make me incorrectly
> configured? Suppose, the ILS server has a check at registration to
> see if the stated port is reachable, I could just allow connections
> from the ILS server but from nowhere else.
>
> DNS lists hosts and mail servers etc, but nowhere is it guaranteed
> that you can connect to them. What is the difference here?
>
> Paul


Hi all

I was thinking the same as Paul yesterday, and imagine that a user is 
trying to configure his firewall and then when it popps upp a mesage all 
the time or he is disconnected all the time from ils when he is trying 
to configure his system. I guess that can be quite annoying for the end 
user.


Cheers Johnny