Re: Port preservation
Pyda Srisuresh <[email protected]>
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Port preservation is desirable in some limited cases where applications and protocols require a certain number to be used for source and/or destination. ex: IKE-v1 assumes UDP port 500 on both src and dest. cheers, suresh --- Yutaka Takeda <[email protected]> wrote: > > Does anyone know what the real motivation for NAT designers to > implement the port preservation[1] is? Is there an actual service > or application that depends on this behavior? I just realized that > I know such NATs exist but why... > > [1] > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-jennings-midcom-stun-results-00.txt > > Yutaka > > _______________________________________________ > midcom mailing list > [email protected] > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/midcom =====