How Skype & Co. get round firewalls

Ever wondered, how P2P software like Skype directly exchanges data — despite the fact, that both machines are sitting behind a firewall that only permits outgoing traffic? Read about the hole punching techniques, that make a the firewall admins nightmare come true.

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