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[edit] Should rename

People who are not computer-oriented would see hole-punching as something you do to a piece of paper or leather with a metal instrument. This article should be NAT hole punching. --Treekids 21:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merges proposed by Khromatikos and Ministry of Truth

Maybe this should be merged with Network address translation.

Either that or, it should be greatly expanded and reference the paper Peer-to-Peer Communication Across Network Address Translators which explains the concept in great detail. - Khromatikos 07:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Another non-stub article on the same subject with considerably more detail is UDP hole punching. Deletion or redirection there sound like two viable options. Any thoughts ?--Ministry of Truth 14:32, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Redirect has my vote. --Christopher Thomas 15:28, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

UDP hole punching is a more specific technique- it should be more specialized and NAT hole punching should be more general. No merge.

Network address translation is a more general technology, and NAT hole punching is a specific technique for NAT traversal. No merge.

--Treekids 21:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)