Home users on the other hand generally don't turn off UPnP :P > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:devl- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Hooper > Sent: 14 November 2003 20:08 > To: Discussion of development issues > Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Automatic IP Address configuration > > Yeh this was suggested months and months and months ago and as far as I > can > tell never got implemented. Required some 'big' changes to something > 'important' or words to that effect. So until it is, it's got to be > manual > I'm afraid. > > Using UDP would obviate the need for punching firewalls, but there's no > immediate plan to move to UDP as transport any time soon. uPnP is a good > idea in principle but a lot of security departments turn it off for > obvious > reasons. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Salah Coronya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Discussion of development issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 1:06 PM > Subject: [freenet-dev] Automatic IP Address configuration > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Currently, those of use whom are NAT'ed have to configure ipAddress > > manually. If ones IP isn't very sticky (and/or is not using dynamic > > DNS), it can be a pain to keep changing it. So I have a simple solution: > > Why not just ask the node were connecting to what our IP address is? If > > we do this every time we connect to a node, it'll also sense IP address > > changes (since all of our connection will drop when IP address changes). > > > > Its not perfect, but it would work 99% of the time (it might fail, for > > example, if we're behind some kind of load balancer that uses different > > outbound IP, for example.) In the event we get different IP address from > > various nodes, easier solution is to make our IP address the one we see > > the most of. One will still need to punch a hole in their NAT to be > > permanent, of course (short of uPnP, zeroconf, etc). > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (MingW32) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQE/tNLNhctESbvQ8ZwRAu23AJ9uDzFx2VQMyHiSXeBHTEfo5f5URwCfUFM4 > > /6aMW3Ii+FIMYPVg9qU6myU= > > =lpFq > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
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