Karl Auer wrote: > Speaking for myself, I'm one of the "if I want to allow direct outside > connection to my interior machines I should be able to" crowd.
While "direct" and "interior" are not compatible that you actually mean some indirections... Anyway, what if, your ISP assigns a globally unique IPv4 address to your home router (a NAT box) which is UPnP capable? That's what the largest retail ISP in Japan is doing. Masataka Ohta