> It works only if the NAT firewall is naively converting the IP addresses of
> the traffic that goes through, without caring much for which ports that are
> involved.
>
> Since Ed's patch works for him, his firewall must do something like that.

I think he is fixing the wrong problem. He should take care of his firewall
and not introduce a workaround into curl.

> On my end, I'm thinking: Is this a feature more people than Ed will ever
> find use for? Should we add this to libcurl?

I don't think this is a common problem.

Kind regards,

Gerd
Received on 2004-09-23