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* does NAT based on iptables support TCP hole punch?
@ 2009-06-11  3:42 Tony Wan
  2009-06-11  4:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Tony Wan @ 2009-06-11  3:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netfilter-devel

Hi all,

It's said that TCP hole punch does not work if both endpoints come
from 2 sub-networks, whose NAT are both implemented by iptables. I
just want to make sure whether this is true. If so, what type of nat
can iptables work as? full-cone, restricted, port restricted, or
symmetric?

Sorry if it's not appropriate to ask such a question here. Thanks in advance.

-- 
Best regards,
Tony Wan

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* Re: does NAT based on iptables support TCP hole punch?
  2009-06-11  3:42 does NAT based on iptables support TCP hole punch? Tony Wan
@ 2009-06-11  4:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2009-06-11  4:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Tony Wan; +Cc: netfilter-devel

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:42:44 +0800
Tony Wan <visual2me@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> It's said that TCP hole punch does not work if both endpoints come
> from 2 sub-networks, whose NAT are both implemented by iptables. I
> just want to make sure whether this is true. If so, what type of nat
> can iptables work as? full-cone, restricted, port restricted, or
> symmetric?
> 
> Sorry if it's not appropriate to ask such a question here. Thanks in advance.

You might want to look up STUNT which uses an intermediary to open the NAT tunnel.

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