Ventrilo – Scalable Voice Communication Software is another interesting VOIP I’d like to check out when I have some more time.
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Ventrilo – Scalable Voice Communication Software is another interesting VOIP I’d like to check out when I have some more time.
Just be warned. Ventrilo works very well and is very easy to use; however, it have some kind of “big brother” reporting mechanism every time to start the client or server. An 86-byte UDP packet goes out to server1.ventrilo.com on port 5000. The company so far has refused to explain the purpose for this network traffic.
Just a guess, but from reading their documentation, I think this is a mechanism for them to be able to offer a redirect to folks running servers on dynamic IP addresses.
I do not believe that’s related to port forwarding for ventrilo servers. It’s probably for market-share tracking, and harmless. They don’t need to explain what it is — 86 bytes… probably pretty useless except for basic usage stats.
I am not sure but I think it is a way for them to check and see if you are connected to an authorized ventrilo server host. They are big on shutting down people using hacked hosting software from what I understand. This MAY be to report what ventrilo you connect to. I do not think it would prevent you from connecting but more so a reporting fuction for them to know where hacked servers are located.
Again I have not looked at the packets but knowing how their software works a little I suspect this should be looked at……