WHY webcam does not work behind firewalls anymore...?

that is really annoying. earlier versions worked excellent behind firewalls, even two of them. Now these new versions does not work anymore. MSN and Skype works perfectly without changing firewall settings or opening extra ports which is security risk. What ports, how many of them needs to be opened...grrrr.. Yahoo sucks nowdays... even error reporting service does not work at all. ';failed to load error report to servers'; well no one can't make complains if it does not work.. very wise. Software firewall creates dymanic rules when launching Yahoo as long as application is running but hardware firewall does not. so that is the problem. MSN messenger was same kind earlier but Live version works perfectly behind firewall.. I think yahoo has gone step backwards with this..... can anyone tell me for real how and what ports are those, not any guessing and not only persons who use some leaking so called firewalls. Thank you.WHY webcam does not work behind firewalls anymore...?
The reporting service is still there, I just tried it, and it works:

http://docs.yahoo.com/info/support/conta鈥?/a>

(go to ';eeeks... a bug';)



I suppose your hardware firewall would be found in the router.

Now 贸pening the ports wouldnt be really wise if its just for occasional cam use.

As you still have the 2nd firewall in XP I would suggest you turn off the routers firewall for cam use (you still have XP guarding the other ports) and have it back on again after cam - simply to maintain the full hardware based protection without exception - esp as other users might make use of knowing you use cam on yahoo and might try and go for the open cam ports - sp just dont leave them open all the time.WHY webcam does not work behind firewalls anymore...?
Software firewall creates dynamic rules when yahoo is running but HW-firewall must be configured manually. I can do that if i know exact ports which needed to open...that's all or maybe just use another program for video calls

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