VOIP port

Hello,

I understand that some governments are asking all the ISP of their
country to close VOIP ports to prevent IP telephony. By having this
port closed, would it also indirectly prevent the use of
voice-activated Instant Messaging (IM) ? Many thanks

Philippe

Kuroneko

I doubt it.

Some governments just don't get how the internet works. All that will happen
is people will switch to another port. How about using port 80 or 25 or 110
or 61234.

"Kuroneko" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I understand that some governments are asking all the ISP of their
> country to close VOIP ports to prevent IP telephony. By having this
> port closed, would it also indirectly prevent the use of
> voice-activated Instant Messaging (IM) ? Many thanks
>
> Philippe

A though job, if not possible, to litigate this issue since most VoIP device
can be set to use any port. For instance, your local gov can request to
close SIP ports. As soon as this is done, people are trying to do VoIP with
other ports even over SIP. When this happens, placing a VoIP call will be
like playing a mouse catching scheme, i.e. Tom & Jerry... Lots of fun.

Kuroneko wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I understand that some governments are asking all the ISP of their
> country to close VOIP ports to prevent IP telephony. By having this
> port closed, would it also indirectly prevent the use of
> voice-activated Instant Messaging (IM) ? Many thanks
>
> Philippe