[erlang-questions] Simple NAT traversal

[eigenfunction]

Our NATs are dynamic alas :-(

On Feb 1, 3:54 pm, Max Bourinov <bouri...@REDACTED> wrote:
> Our corporate clients use static IP for such tasks. Maybe it is possible to
> have static IP?
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> Best regards,
> Max
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> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:54 PM, eigenfunction <emeka_1...@REDACTED> wrote:
> > @Edward
> > You are right and thank you again for your help
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> > @Michael
> > I am in a corporate intranet, so i do not have access to the outside
> > world and there are a couple of nats between the networks.
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> > On 1 Feb., 14:37, Edward Wang <edward.yu.w...@REDACTED> wrote:
> > > A tcp server itself is simple enough, but that's another piece of
> > > software running on a separated machine. That's a big disadvantage. On
> > > the other hand, a UPnP control point is something you can integrate
> > > into your own application, given your NAT device speaks UPnP and you
> > > want to deal with the protocol.
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> > > -Edward
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> > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:19 PM, eigenfunction <emeka_1...@REDACTED>
> > wrote:
> > > > Thank you for the response. But before i wade into that territory,
> > > > do you think it will be easier than just writing a tcp server?
> > > > Anyway, i am going to check that out.
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> > > > On 1 Feb., 10:50, Edward Wang <edward.yu.w...@REDACTED> wrote:
> > > >> If your NAT device supports UPnP, you can ask for its external address
> > > >> using UPnP protocol. But there's nothing simple in it. UPnP is a
> > > >> horrible protocol.
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> > > >> That said, if you do want to try this, you can check out UPnP
> > > >> implementation in etorrent. I did that about one year ago for opening
> > > >> port mapping. The related source code are
> > > >> (https://github.com/edwardw/etorrent/tree/master/apps/etorrent/src):
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> > > >>     etorrent_upnp_sup.erl
> > > >>     etorrent_upnp_proto.erl
> > > >>     etorrent_upnp_net.erl
> > > >>     etorrent_upnp_handler.erl
> > > >>     etorrent_upnp_entity.erl
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> > > >> They are quite standalone and complete UPnP implementation. Take a
> > > >> look at how add_port_mapping is implemented:
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> >https://github.com/jlouis/etorrent/blob/master/apps/etorrent/src/etor...
> > > >> It should be easy enough to add your own get_external_address
> > > >> function, which is defined in following specification:
> > > >>    http://upnp.org/specs/gw/UPnP-gw-WANIPConnection-v1-Service.pdf
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> > > >> Regards,
> > > >> Edward
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> > > >> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:25 PM, eigenfunction <emeka_1...@REDACTED>
> > wrote:
> > > >> > Hi everybody,
> > > >> > i have an erlang application running behind a nat. Now i have come
> > to
> > > >> > a point where i need to know my public ip. I was thinking about
> > > >> > running a tiny tcp server behind the nat whose sole purpose would be
> > > >> > to send me my public ip. My question is this: isn't there a more
> > > >> > simple alternative? Heck, even if i could determine the public ip of
> > > >> > the NAT device without doing a "backflip" it will be enough for my
> > > >> > case.
> > > >> > Any idea?
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