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quietly....
- Subject: quietly....
- From: mpalmer at hezmatt.org (Matthew Palmer)
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 07:59:56 +1100
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <37955.1296761312@localhost> <[email protected]>
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 03:20:25PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Thursday, February 03, 2011 02:28:32 pm Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu wrote:
> > The only reason FTP works through a NAT is because the NAT has already
> > been hacked up to further mangle the data stream to make up for the
> > mangling it does.
>
> FTP is a in essence a peer-to-peer protocol, as both ends initiate TCP
> streams. I know that's nitpicking, but it is true.
So is SMTP, by the same token. Aptly demonstrating why the term "P2P" is so
mind-alteringly stupid.
- Matt
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- quietly....
- From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu)
- quietly....
- From: lowen at pari.edu (Lamar Owen)