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Lotus puts the hold on Sametime Reflector fixes


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I had interest in this since we had a customer using the audio chat functionality quite nicely.  However, firewalls and network translations were a headache.  Lotus had a fix coming along the way but it got put on hold due to a bug in the code according to this recent public technote (1384423):

Sametime Reflector hotfixes, for both client and server, address problems with media connections using a technology called Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE). ICE uses STUN/TURN protocol to logically deduce the most logical and efficient network paths between remote endpoints using all available network interfaces. This greatly improves the ability of clients to negotiate audio/video sessions across complex network topologies.

There are fixes available for Sametime 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 servers and clients. Due to the depth of architectural modifications required to enable this new functionality, it is not possible to backport these fixes to any Sametime client or server version prior to 8.0.1. If this functionality is required, please upgrade to at least Sametime 8.0.1 and apply the appropriate fixes.

Note: The Sametime Reflector hotfixes for Sametime 8.0.1 and 8.0.2 are currently on hold. We have uncovered an underlying bug in the code that must be updated prior to release of the fixes. This technote will be updated as soon as the new fixes are made available.