> The questions is, is there a substantial need for UPNP on linux? I can > only think off the top of my head of a few, but I'm sure it would be > very useful.
George sent me a private email pointing me to http://www.upnp.org Not surprisingly, that domain is registered by Microsoft. They have some useful information on the site, including an SDK and some drafts that they submitted to the IETF. I didn't study the drafts well enough to see exactly how this UPnP thing is supposed to work for traversing firewalls. My overall impression is that UPnP is something that Microsoft designed and is trying to push through any standards body that will listen. It doesn't look like something that was designed by the IETF. Knowing how much the IETF hates NAT in general, and who is implementing UPnP apps, this makes perfect sense. ;-) -- Unplug and get connected: http://www.seattlewireless.net/
