Pwnat

Jul 20, 2023

NAT punching tool based on udptunnel

pwnat, pronounced “poe-nat”, is a tool that allows any number of clients behind NATs to communicate with a server behind a separate NAT with no port forwarding no DMZ setup, and no 3rd party involvement. The server does not need to know anything about the clients trying to connect.

Simply put, this is a proxy server that works behind a NAT, even when the client is behind a different NAT, without any 3rd party or network changes.

There is no middle man, no proxy, no 3rd party, no UPnP/STUN/ICE required, no spoofing, and no DNS tricks.

More importantly, the client can then connect to any host or port on any remote host or to a fixed host and port decided by the server.



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