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Re: quietly....
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer () hezmatt org>
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:59:56 +1100
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 03:20:25PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote:
On Thursday, February 03, 2011 02:28:32 pm Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:The only reason FTP works through a NAT is because the NAT has already been hacked up to further mangle the data stream to make up for the mangling it does.FTP is a in essence a peer-to-peer protocol, as both ends initiate TCP streams. I know that's nitpicking, but it is true.
So is SMTP, by the same token. Aptly demonstrating why the term "P2P" is so mind-alteringly stupid. - Matt
Current thread:
- Re: quietly...., (continued)
- Re: quietly.... Simon Perreault (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Matthew Palmer (Feb 03)
- RE: quietly.... Matthew Huff (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 03)
- RE: quietly.... Matthew Huff (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 03)
- RE: quietly.... Matthew Huff (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Randy Carpenter (Feb 03)
- RE: quietly.... Matthew Huff (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Lamar Owen (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Matthew Palmer (Feb 03)
- RE: quietly.... Matthew Huff (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Jay Ashworth (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Jay Ashworth (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Lamar Owen (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Mark Andrews (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Jay Ashworth (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Mark Andrews (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Jack Bates (Feb 03)