Answer by Fardin K. for Connecting P2P over NAT?
There is a paper on "Peer-to-Peer Communication Across Network Address Translators" which describes the UDP hole punching method and extends it to be used over TCP as well.Of course, you will always...
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One thing need to be clear is that 100% P2P between all type of NAT is impossible right now. There is no practical way to establish P2P connectivity between **Symmetric and Symmetric/PRC NAT. In this...
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Recent versions of BitTorrent use µTP, which is layered above UDP, not TCP. µTorrent uses a private extension (ut_holepunch) that performs UDP hole punching, most other implementations don't bother...
View ArticleAnswer by the8472 for Connecting P2P over NAT?
Another interesting question that arises is of BitTorrent because they can work on any device and even behind a NAT. I am not able to get any explanation of how BitTorrent works.This statement looks...
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I started to explore the option of connecting with other using a p2p connection, so I coded a simple socket program in JAVA for android devices in which the users can share simple messages p2p (I...
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