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Date:      Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:16:02 +0930
From:      "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        rmacklem@uoguelph.ca, jhb@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, rmacklem@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r197298 - head/sbin/mount_nfs
Message-ID:  <200909211416.11654.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20090920.220343.-737556392.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <20090919.230053.58383965.imp@bsdimp.com> <200909211216.07249.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20090920.220343.-737556392.imp@bsdimp.com>

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On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, M. Warner Losh wrote:
> In message: <200909211216.07249.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
>
>             "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> writes:
> : On Mon, 21 Sep 2009, Rick Macklem wrote:
> : > And what about going through NAT gateways? (I'm not familiar with
> : > how typical NAT gateways are set up, but do they all forward UDP
> : > ok?)
> :
> : The thought of doing NFS over the internet boggles my mind :)
>
> One of the early net meltdowns was caused by this, no?

Before my time ;)

> : However all consumer grade routers will NAT UDP properly otherwise
> : people wouldn't be able to play games.
>
> The issue most likely is one of internal firewalls, not external...

Well I wondered if that was what the OP meant but then why would you=20
need NAT? Of course that doesn't mean there isn't some crazy internal=20
setup that would send sane people running for the hills in horror.

=2D-=20
Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
"The nice thing about standards is that there
are so many of them to choose from."
  -- Andrew Tanenbaum
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