Skype & IPv6

[Jens Weibler]

On 15.02.2012 14:50, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
> I wonder...
>
> The Big Feature of Skype is that it just works out of virtually
> any firewall / NAT out there, and scales (because of P2P network
> technology) better than pure central-server SIP-VOIP providers.
>
> But with a transparent (e.g. IPv6) network, I can let my
> standard-protocol SIP phone( application)s talk to each other directly,
> so why do I want Skype?

the possibility of direct end to end communication doesn't necessarily 
means that it is allowed.
Many firewalls will still filter some ports. Programs will migrate from 
NAT punching to firewall punching ;)

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