* toad <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> [2006-11-30 02:27:03]: > We discovered what the problem with my connection to sbc was. It was a > corporate NAT that rewrites the source port, but doesn't then reroute > packets to the new port to the original port. I have introduced a new > peer parameter, ignoreSourcePort, which can be set on a specific peer > from the dropdown box at the bottom of the darknet page. When this is > set, a workaround is instigated, which allows us to connect to such > nodes. Each of sbc's peers must set this flag on sbc. At present this > is purely manual; some time in the distant future auto-detection code > may be introduced. (bug #945). > > Should we allow users to set this, and allowLocalAddresses, from the > non-advanced darknet page?
I'm against it ... because most users won't know when they ought to enable it ... and if they do whereas it's not needed it will break connectivity with "PATed" peers. -- NextGen$. "On peut ob??r aux lois en souhaitant qu'elles changent, comme on sert ? la guerre en souhaitant la paix." Merleau Ponty - L'?loge de la philosophie -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20061130/61933738/attachment.pgp>
