ietf
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: dire outlook on internet and NAT

2004-01-13 09:51:46
Pardon me if I'm missing something obvious here, but couldn't one just use either XMPP or Simple for presence, associate your "server name" with a Jabber/Simple ID, and automatically have your "server" findable via these general presence protocols? Why isn't that a reasonable approach to peer to peer in a NAT world? I would contend that it's even better in a mobile world -- your laptop might change IP address a dozen times per day, but if it keeps reconnecting with your presence server you could base a stable "host" identity on the IM ID to enable peer to peer applications, couldn't you?