On Monday 05 July 2004 7:38 am, Á·Êé³É wrote:
> HI,
>
> I really wonder the future of nat helper mechnism because of the UPnP.
>
> UPnP can do all the things that nat helper can do.
Securely?
> Using UPnP, If we want to provide nat traversing in gateway we won't need to
> survey any application protocol and just need to support the upnp.
How about you only want to support one protocol, and not the others?
> Then anyone can tell me a more detailed comparision between nat helper
> and UPnP and give the advantage of nat helper mechnism comparision the
> UPnP.
I know this is by no means a detailed reply, but I would say it comes down to
one word - "security".
Everything I have read / heard about uPnP suggests that it is not a secure
mechanism, and therefore is not supported through firewalls in the same way
that RPC isn't, for example.
Regards,
Antony.
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