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Does Skype actually route voice traffic through a supernode? I thought it was just routing TCP/UDP requests to open up ports behind a NAT'd router. As well, su

Does Skype actually route voice traffic through a supernode? I thought it was just routing TCP/UDP requests to open up ports behind a NAT'd router. As well, supernodes may also be handling some authentication traffic. But I'm not 100% familiar with Skype's protocol.

iki23 15y ago
Yes, supernodes are used to negotiate the communication trough NATs, the method's called UDP hole punching: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=skype+nat+udp+hole+punching http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&q=skype+n...