[AG-TECH] 'Bridge' for venue services, etc.?

[Randy Groves]

I'm looking into the future here, and wondering how many of the new 
services that might be coming down the pike are going to fit into the 
8000,2,4,6 port scheme of the Venue Server/Client as it is presently 
designed.  I know that on the top end of all this, the fact that some of 
the participants are multicast-challenged will mean that they just lose out 
on some of the newest features.  If the participants are 
multicast-challenged and firewall-challenged (behind a restrictive 
firewall, with a long process to go through before changes can be made, 
long security justifications for just opening up any port in the first 
place, etc.), I see them potentially falling further and further behind.

What is the priority, when design decisions are made, as to what emphasis 
is placed on making sure that these situations are dealt with?

Is there a possibility of a venue service proxy in the future?

-randy