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UPnP has covered a huge percentage of use cases that actual users care about, and those who it doesn't cover are often able to do their own customization.
by bombcar 7mo ago
UPnP has covered a huge percentage of use cases that actual users care about, and those who it doesn't cover are often able to do their own customization.
- zadikian 7mo agoupnp should not exist. Any new router default disables it, as it should be.
- lxgr 7mo agoCare to elaborate? Non-sophisticated users don't deserve IP reachability?
- zadikian 7mo agoI used to have it enabled long ago. It's insecure. Random cheap devices will open up ports with upnp without the user noticing. It doesn't work that well either, cause hosts will conflict on ports. P2P applications have better ways to establish connectivity.
- lxgr 7mo agoHow can both be true at the same time: It's insecure for random devices to be able to open up ports, and applications don't even need to open up ports for P2P communication? If a random device/application wants to insecurely communicate with somebody/something, it will find a way, I agree on that.