[Nottingham] Easy network programming

Martin martin at ml1.co.uk
Fri May 11 17:28:52 BST 2007


Charles Samuels wrote:
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> 
> So you can initiate a TCP connection from inside the NAT to another machine, 
> and they'll be able to speak back and forth, but you won't be able to 
> initiate a connection to a *Server* inside the NAT in any case (without 
> UPNP).
> 
> In short, As long as the server is not NATted, you'll be fine.

Charles,

Good to see you on the list again!

Presumably, port forwarding to a server on a DMZ or internal network
should work fine, or is there something 'special' about this?


Cheers,
Martin

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