Microsoft, Cisco find ICE is nice for VoIP
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Looking to find a way to let peer-to-peer communications traverse NATs and firewalls in a single bound, Microsoft and Cisco Systems today announced that they are jointly endorsing the Interactive Connectivity Establishment methodology.
ICE, which is not yet ratified but currently under consideration by the Internet Engineering Task Force, is designed to allow people to communicate across NATs and firewall, which can be a barrier to VoIP and other types of rich media communications, according to Russell Bennett, program manager, Real Time Collaboration Group.