I don't ever recall anybody bothering to ask application developers
whether
it was okay for DHCP servers (much less NATs) to break open connections.
This is a bit of a red herring--as actually implemented, most DHCP servers
provide leases long enough that your IP number doesn't change unless you
lose connectivity for a while, in which case the connection will usually
break anyway.
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