On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 04:23:13PM +0100, Florent Daigni?re (NextGen$) wrote: > * 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.
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