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On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 07:41:13PM -0500, Michael Mol wrote |
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> The trouble with NAT is that it destroys peer-to-peer protocols. The |
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> first was FTP in Active mode. |
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In its day, it was OK. Nowadays, we use passive mode. What's the |
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problem? |
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> SIP has been heavily damaged as well. Anyone who's used IRC is |
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> familiar with the problems NAT introduces to DCC. |
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Every ADSL router-modem I've run into recently has port-forwarding. |
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> Anyone who's ever played video games online,... |
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A *CLIENT* that can't operate from behind NAT is totally brain-dead. |
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> or who's tried hosting a Teamspeak or Ventrillo server, has had NAT |
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> get in their way as well. |
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Port-forwarding. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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