Fernando Costa wrote:
> Cool thing about UPNP is that it will automatic add ports for direct
> connections, such as file transfers. That way, it will be a lot faster
> for programs such as Microsoft Messenger (which, btw, uses a proxy for
> file transfer if there is no direct connection support). This NAT-T
> support would be awesome. Anyone have heard of any good projects for
> that? I can work on the frontend if we get a working backend.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Fernando
> 
> On 10/18/05, Chris Dickens <chris at object dash zone dot net> wrote:
> 

"...automatically add ports for direct connections..."

That certainly has security written all over it.

Honestly, it sounds like a terrible idea.  Who came up with such a thing?