Re: can the UPnP media port for gupnp-av-cp be configured?

[Jens Georg <mail jensge org>]

> gupnp-av-cp uses dynamic ports by default.
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> 1) is it possible to configure the gupnp-av-cp dynamic port to a
> one-time static assignment (er, 8200)? ...
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> ... and if so, how?
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> I've poked around online for documentation, done the Google thing, and
> grepped through system files ... no joy.

There is no way but we can add one.

> 2) Whether or not gupnp-av-cp can be so configured, how does a network
> admin configure static firewalls on nodes on a local LAN (no router
> traversal / IGD) to deal with dynamic ports?

> Linux, however ...
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> ... I've been looking at packet traces from UPnP sessions with
> minidlna, rygel-as-UPnP renderers, gupnp-av-cp, etc, and I don't see
> how conventional iptables port-based firewalls can be compatible with
> UPnP dynamic ports.

I think the "traditional" way would be a non-trivial conntrack helper to
parse the SSDP packets.