zrm

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   by zrm 12y ago

   Is your argument that we need to adopt IPv6? Because you'll get no disagreement from me. But something has to be done in the meantime. I guess I'm going to have to plug my software: http://trustiosity.com/snow The
2. 992.▲
   by zrm 12y ago

   There is no requirement that it be a single node or that they all be operated by the same party.
3. 993.▲
   by zrm 12y ago

   > All the traversal methods require coordination with a 3rd party (ie: centralized) server so - yes - this is a show stopper for P2P. Third party and centralized aren't the same thing. Any peer with a real public address or even a m
4. 994.▲
   by zrm 12y ago

   > Some NAT devices support various methods of intentionally opening ports from the inside. The most common of these is called Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP). UPnP should be avoided whenever possible. It's a hideous protocol. NAT-PMP
5. 995.▲
   by zrm 12y ago

   The 120 second interval is the minimum from RFC4787 Sec. 4.3 REQ-5. (There is an exception that permits shorter intervals but only for specific ports, in particular port 53 for DNS.) If Linux is using 30 seconds then it's in violation
6. 996.▲
   by zrm 12y ago

   It's kind of like a distributed VPN. The interesting part is the addressing. All you have to do is resolve a machine's name and you get a direct encrypted tunnel to it with automatic NAT traversal and the address assigned to the t
7. 997.▲
   Show HN: Snow: the virtual network that makes the real network better(trustiosity.com)

   2 points by zrm 12y ago|2 comments