21 Apr
2010
21 Apr
'10
6:33 p.m.
Jack Bates wrote:
If you mean, "do we still need protocols similar to uPNP" the answer is yes. Of course, uPNP is designed with a SPI in mind. However, we simplify a lot of problems when we remove address mangling from the equation.
Let's not forget why UPNP is what it is and why it should go away. UPNP was Microsoft's answer to Sun's JINI. It was never intended to provide security. All MS wanted do with UPNP was derail a competing vendor's (vastly superior) technology. Not particularly different than MS' recent efforts around OOXML. Roger Marquis