Comments on: Sniffing the Google Talk Packet Stream http://saunderslog.com/2005/08/27/sniffing-the-google-talk-packet-stream/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:38:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Frank Miller http://saunderslog.com/2005/08/27/sniffing-the-google-talk-packet-stream/#comment-148 Frank Miller Sat, 27 Aug 2005 20:04:48 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2005/08/27/sniffing-the-google-talk-packet-stream/#comment-148 While this might seem smart, I'm not sure it works. In a typical situation where both GT clients are behind a firewall, they still would not be able to talk since the initial STUN binding requests would not make it through the firewalls. More likely they are including a STUN server to be compliant with ICE, another standard (fortunately) used to do NAT traversal. While this might seem smart, I’m not sure it works. In a typical situation where both GT clients are behind a firewall, they still would not be able to talk since the initial STUN binding requests would not make it through the firewalls.

More likely they are including a STUN server to be compliant with ICE, another standard (fortunately) used to do NAT traversal.

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