Re: UPnP NAT Traversal

["Ben Allen" <ocean@northlink.net>]

Yea my point exactly I could not find much on it at all so I tried you
guys. Since I also doubt OpenBSD will support something, so
"Microsoftish" Let me ask my real problem how in the world can get MSN
Messenger to send files from a computer behind NAT to the outside world?
I've tried forwarding all the ports Messenger seems to use I sniffed the
connection and watched it so I have a good idea what its trying to do. I
even binated the computer and passed all packets through PF. If
anything, wouldn't that make it work? Microsoft site seems to be
worthless for help on the issue. As far as I can figure out it uses port
1862 for file transfer. Let me know if anyone knows anything.
Thanks,
Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Hartmeier [mailto:daniel@benzedrine.cx] 
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 4:30 AM
To: Darren Reed
Cc: Ben Allen; misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: UPnP NAT Traversal

On Mon, Jul 08, 2002 at 06:19:15PM +1000, Darren Reed wrote:

> > The first couple of dozen google hits contain nothing but marketing
> > gobbledygook, and I get the impression that this is nothing but
> > lukewarm air. Proove me wrong. Oh, and if I see the words
'experience',
> > 'technology' or 'affordable' on any page, I stop reading it.
> 
> www.upnp.org ?

That is precisely the marketese without technical legitimation I meant:

"Universal Plug and Play technology is all about making home
networking simple and affordable for users so the connected home
experience becomes a mainstream experience for users experience
and great opportunity for the industry."
  2002 Microsoft Corporation. (surprise, surprise)

I bet you there is not a single useful document on that entire site (I
stopped bothering after following the first dozen of links). If this is
the authorative source, it's vapour-ware.

Daniel