Subj : Re: Connection Tests
To   : All
From : Nigel Reed
Date : Thu Apr 06 2023 09:59 am

On Thu, 6 Apr 2023 15:38:43 +0200
"Michiel van der Vlist" (2:280/5555)
<Michiel.van.der.Vlist@f5555.n280.z2.fidonet> wrote:

> Hello Victor,
> 
> On Thursday April 06 2023 18:30, you wrote to Rob Swindell:
> 
>  VS> Does anyone know what software clients actually support IPv6
>  VS> Pin-holing?  
> 
> I am not sure what you mean by "software clients" in this context.
> IPv6 pin-holing is something that is applied to a firewall. Firewalls
> are found in routers and OSs.
> 
>  VS> I would think Bittorrent clients and utilities like syncthing
>  VS> should (because they support UPnP for IPv4), but I guess they
>  VS> don't do IPv6 Pin-holing. Maybe some games?  

I think he means software that uses uphp to open ports on a firewall as
and when they are needed, and the firewalls that respond to such
requests by opening the port. Therefore the app is poking a pinhole
through the firewall.
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