video conferencing - any security concerns?

From: MaryAnne (maryanne2002@hotmail.com)
Date: 05/07/02 

From: "MaryAnne" <maryanne2002@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 21:47:49 GMT

A user has requested to drill a few holes, 8081, 8082, 8083, 1533 on the
firewall to allow her to take part in a video conference, in which she is
one of the hosts, i.e., a webcam and speaker will be installed on her
deskop.

In this scenario, she is not a passive participant, rather than active one.

Are there any security concerns in this case? Any comments are greatly
appreciated.

Regards,

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