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This technique will remain useful with IPv6. NAT will disappear, but the stateful firewalls (which are often combined with NAT) will remain.
by solidangle 9y ago
This technique will remain useful with IPv6. NAT will disappear, but the stateful firewalls (which are often combined with NAT) will remain.
- api 9y agoYes, but IPv6 helps a ton. Hole punching with IPv6 is almost 100% successful as long as your firewall allows it (and most do unless you are whitelist-only). IPv6 kills symmetric NAT and over-provisioned NAT.