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The difference is that most Skype users don't even know they are carrying traffic for the network. The client silently punches a whole in their router and makes
by fl3tch 14y ago
The difference is that most Skype users don't even know they are carrying traffic for the network. The client silently punches a whole in their router and makes itself a pain to close (for example by reconfiguring what the red X does) without ever explaining why it wants to keep running so badly.
- josscrowcroft 14y agoThis is completely news to me. One of those "WTF?" moments!
- Maakuth 14y agoMy understanding is that after MSFT acquisition, they don't use their customer devices as supernodes anymore [1]. For "silent hole punching" with UPnP, that is very much business as usual for any VoIP application as well as other applications, such as Windows' Teredo IPv6 thingy. [1]: Ars Technica seems to confirm: http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-supernodes-with-linux-boxes-hosted-by-microsoft/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2012/05/skype-replaces-p2p-s...
- malkia 14y agoNow that was news to me :) Didn't know they've changed it that way. Thanks for the article!