[Bug 294151] Unable to select an alternate port for GTalk, which causes problems when trying to bypass company firewalls.

[David Edmundson]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294151

David Edmundson <kde at davidedmundson.co.uk> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |NEW
            Summary|Advanced Settings for       |Unable to select an
                   |Google Talk (GTalk) account |alternate port for GTalk,
                   |are locked                  |which causes problems when
                   |                            |trying to bypass company
                   |                            |firewalls.
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1

--- Comment #3 from David Edmundson <kde at davidedmundson.co.uk> ---
Someone (chronos) is talking about it in IRC atm.

It turns out port 443 (normally HTTPS) is open by Google for GTalk to get round
company firewalls.

I hate bug reports that say "we should make the setting unlocked" so here is a
brainstorm of alternate ideas:

1) We make a new profile "Gtalk (alternate port)" or equivalent which is set
differently

2) In the UI for GTalk plugin have a checkbox "use alternate port" which
selects 443.

No point giving the user options to choose something that doesn't work. GTalk
will only run on a few (2?) ports, we don't need need a spin box of all 99999
options.

Also marking this bug as "new" given that now two people have poked us.

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