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		cyberax on Jan 28, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Hello IPv6: a minimal tutorial for IPv4 users ALGs are not used or needed for most protocols anymore, they are actively harmful in most cases. The current state of the art is to use hole punching and STUN.

JackSlateur on Jan 28, 2024 [–]

Being used ? Being needed ? What is important is that they are here and enabled and ready to be exploited

cyberax on Jan 28, 2024 | [–]

ALGs (for SIP and FTP) are not enabled on OpenWRT by default. And I don't think any other ALGs had ever been widely used in practice.

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