Behind the Firewall: How STUN, TURN, and ICE Make Modern P2P Connections Work

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Behind the Firewall How STUN TURN and ICE Make Modern P2P Connections Work The Anatomy of Modern Peer-to-Peer Connectivity Peer-to-peer communication sounds simple: two endpoints should connect directly and exchange packets. On the public internet, that assumption is usually wrong. A browser, phone, or desktop application is rarely exposed as a globally reachable socket. Instead, […]

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