UPnP support in DC++?

[sokk]

I just downloaded the latest version of Azureus, and was surprised when I saw that it registered a port on my UPnP-router. All done automatically.

If we speak of the security issues regarding this.. the security is better than port forwarding, because the port is only opened when DC++ is open.

UPnP support in DC++ would seriously rock! It was a bitch getting the router password (I'm on ADSL) from my provider, and I consider myself pretty computer literate. All this, only to do port forwarding. Adding UPnP-support would remove these steps, and everything would "Just Work" â„¢

Expanding the user base using "Active mode" would definitely make the Direct Connect network a better place.

Information about UPnP

[GargoyleMT]

This has been requested 4 or 5 times in the past. I don't have a UPnP capable router (Smoothwall 1.0), so it'd be rather problematic to program and test this feature.

(nobody has put this into the new tracker yet.)

[Sedulus]

I've tried to play some with this.

- the application I made failed to run if the .NET framework wasn't installed

that's a bad thing

- UPnP only works on XP, as far as I know

I don't have XP, nor an UPnP capable router, so I can't test much more


useful links:
Where's the UPnPNAT sample code in C/C++
http://www.knoxscape.com/Upnp/NAT.htm

[mgillespie]

Have got a test build with UPnP support..

http://www.mgillespie.plus.com/DCPlusPlus-UPNP.zip

Make sure you read the PDF file in the zip

any questions/comments/bitches etc, use the email at the botton of the PDF...