3 Feb
2011
3 Feb
'11
3:59 p.m.
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 03:20:25PM -0500, Lamar Owen wrote:
On Thursday, February 03, 2011 02:28:32 pm Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
The only reason FTP works through a NAT is because the NAT has already been hacked up to further mangle the data stream to make up for the mangling it does.
FTP is a in essence a peer-to-peer protocol, as both ends initiate TCP streams. I know that's nitpicking, but it is true.
So is SMTP, by the same token. Aptly demonstrating why the term "P2P" is so mind-alteringly stupid. - Matt