[kopete-bugs] [Bug 179079] New: External IP detection for Jingle uses whatsmyip.com

[Dennis Schridde]

http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179079

           Summary: External IP detection for Jingle uses whatsmyip.com
           Product: kopete
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: unspecified
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: kopete-bugs at kde.org
        ReportedBy: lindevel at gmx.net


Version:           4.1.85 / 0.60.81 (using Devel)
Installed from:    Compiled sources

Currently the Jingle implementation in Kopete uses
http://whatismyip.com/automation/n09230945.asp to retrieve the public IP
address of the client, which is probably not the nicest way of doing this, and
may also have some drawbacks. Some of which are:
- The IP as seen by whatsmyip.com may not be the same as the one seen by the
contact
- It opens a popup in that kget/whatever applet

A better solution might be to ask the Jabber server for the IP, or use the same
mechanism that is used for file transfers. (It might be advisable to have a
"how to get my ip" settings box for each account.)

Random thought:
The IP address retrieved for one account can probably differ from the IP
address for another account, due to multiple IP addresses for this machine,
NATs, VLANs, routing, etc.


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