["Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:12:26 +0100 "Christian B. Wiik"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> No, they don't ;) They ask the client behind the firewall to try a
>> direct connection in the other direction. Licq does this too.
> (snip)
>> Sending mesages through server is, in other words, only
>> theoretically needed when both clients are behind firewalls.
>
> If it's only "theoretically" needed, how do you propose to request the
> remote client (the one behind the firewall) "open the door" for you by
> attempting a connection to you? You still need to send at least the
> initial request through the server (if I'm not mistaken) to get your
> request to the client behind the firewall.
Yes, the initial request has to go through server if there's not
already a connection there. The client behind FW will set up a
connection with the first message sent outside, and after that the
outside client will be able to use this connection for the rest of
that "session" (Until someone goes offline e.g.).
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Christian B. Wiik (_)=='(_)
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