BOOTSTRAPPING IN PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS WITH NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATORS

摘要

A joining peer is bootstrapped into in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network in th e presence of network address translators (NAT). A bootstrap peer is contact by the joining peer to establish a connection between the joining peer and an admitting peer in the peer-to-peer network. The joining peer receives an indication from the bootstrap peer that the connection between the joining p eer and the admitting peer has been established with a message path through the bootstrap peer. The indication includes contact information for the admi tting peer. The connection is them modified to remove all proxies therefrom.