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Date:      Tue, 06 Jun 2017 04:30:12 +0000
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To:        freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 219803] [patch] PF: implement RFC 4787 REQ 1 and 3 (full cone NAT)
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--- Comment #2 from Damjan Jovanovic <damjan.jov@gmail.com> ---
In its current state, the patch provides application with a NAT hole punchi=
ng
capability. Unlike in a symmetric NAT, in any cone-type NAT, an internal UDP
application can negotiate to receive packets from a known peer, by using ST=
UN
to create a external IP:port for its UDP socket and discover what they are,
communicating them to its peer and learning what external IP:port its peer =
is
using, and even if it's behind the most restrictive "ported-restricted cone"
NAT, it can just send 1 packet to its peer's IP:port to create a connection=
 and
allow that peer to send packets back.

This works even if both peers are NATed, as long as at least 1 (the server)=
 is
not a symmetric NAT.

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