[OpenAFS-devel] nat mode

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@secure-endpoints.com>:

> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Quoting Jim Rees <rees@umich.edu>:
>
>> My personal feeling is that I'd prefer to get callbacks, rather than
>> have to wait 10 minutes to find out that files I'm using have changed.
>> Also, the fact that it requires a 1.4.1 server means that most of the
>> servers I contact (which I do not control) are not going to have this patch
>> for a while..   So, I'd like to see a client-side "throw extra network
>> usage at the problem" patch in place.
>>
>> -derek
>
> The older servers that do not track clients by address and port but
> only by address are going to have many other problems when dealing with
> NAT'd clients.  Bombarding the servers with probes from multiple clients
> behind a NAT may result in adverse consequences on the server that you
> and the administrator are not prepared to deal with.

True, but a) that assumes multiple clients behind a NAT (which isn't always
the case), and b) server support to track by port was added a while ago,
even if there are still bugs in it.

> Jeffrey Altman

-derek

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