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yownie ◴[] No.41286402[source]
Do I understand correctly from this thread that there's still no good one reliable way to send files across networks where both participants are NAT'd ?

What about using Onionshare to solve NAT'ing or at least Topr for handshaking?

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fragmede ◴[] No.41287283[source]
Reliability is fine, performance is, depending on your demands, not. F the coordination server is not up to task of matching throughput of the two servers, and a lot of bytes need to be transferred, then it's noticable. But the tech at large works, depending on the implementation you choose to use. (I'm partial to Tailscale, although that's a different service, it lets me transfer files between computers (with additional SW) without manually mapping a port. They are using DERP for the coordination server.
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1. yownie ◴[] No.41287565[source]
I'm sorry but was your reply meant for me?

and if so was the reliable way DERP as you mentioned?

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2. fragmede ◴[] No.41317205[source]
Yes, DERP is the protocol that Tailscale uses to pouch through NAT reliably by using a coodination server.