Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Temporary GNU GateKeeper registrations...?

[Malcolm Caldwell <malcolm caldwell ntu edu au>]

On Tue, 2004-09-07 at 09:21 +0200, Damien Sandras wrote:
> Le lundi 06 septembre 2004 �3:27 +0100, Chris Rankin a �it :
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I am running the GNU Gatekeeper on my firewall to make
> > it "H323-aware". The idea is that everyone local
> > registers with the Gatekeeper and then calls
> > whomsoever they wish, either internally or using
> > h323:a.b.c.d syntax. 
> > 
> > The problem arises with incoming calls. By the
> > definition of the Gatekeeper, an incoming caller needs
> > to register too before they can call someone. 

I don't think this is the case.  See below.

> BUT,
> > there's no reason why this incoming caller would want
> > to connect to my Gatekeeper unless calling someone on
> > my network. The rest of the time, they might even want
> > to register with other Gatekeepers. However, the
> > current GnomeMeeting assumes that you have a single
> > Gatekeeper registration that you don't want to change
> > very much.
> 
> Registering to several gatekeepers at the same time is not possible with
> H.323.

Openh323 does have the notion of doing looks lrq ups to a gatekeeper you
are not registered to: there is some notation like
fred gk:somegatekeeper

Now, I am not sure if this form is supported by gnomemeeting.  Craig may
be able to answer.

Of note: you don't necessarily have to be registered to a gatekeeper to
do lookups against it.

Otherwise the answer here is spot on: gnugk can act as a gateway.  It
will do what you want. :)

> > Am I missing something here? Should I be using
> > something other than the GNU Gatekeeper? Am I mad to
> > think that some URL like:
> > 
> > GK:<gatekeeper name>/userID

Your not mad at all - others have wanted such a thing.

> > would solve my problems, if GnomeMeeting could store
> > GateKeepers in its address book as well as users?
> > 
> 
> 
> If you configure your gatekeeper to accept calls from unregistered
> users, it will act as a gateway.
> 
> If your gatekeeper is on host rankin.net, and that Chris is registered
> to it, and that the gatekeeper accepts incoming calls from unregistered
> people then anybody can reach you using h323:chris rankin net
> 
> Those URLs are storable in the address book, not in ILS though. Future
> versions (probably not 1.2) will allow users to specify their URLs when
> registering. We also plan to provide a public gatekeeper, but I lack the
> time to develop the registration system.
> 
> > What do people think?
> > Cheers,
> > Chris
> > 
> > 
> > 
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