UPnP IDG for Linux
Posted on June 5th, 2005 in Uncategorized | Comments
I hoped to get this working one day. A UPnP IDG client library for Linux so we can do zero-config, NAT transversal with our favorite UPnP based consumer routers (basicly any medium to higher end D-Link, Netgear, Linksys, 2-Wire, etc models sold now days). I did all the research trying to write it myself as an extention to Gaim, but lacked the time to finish it (setting aside the evil ego trips from a nameless member of the Gaim team). Well with all the Summer of Code sponserships by Google, the Gaim team put this feature up as a thing they want done. Here you go people :-). Basicly $4,500 to the first student to do it and I’m handing it to you, all reverse engineered and documented. The only thing I ask is make it in the form of a Glib/Gobject based library that we can all use. Credit would be nice but I really don’t care as long as we get it out there. I just want it so if we write a new Bit-Torrent client, a DCC extention for an IRC client, or anything else that could use direct connection between two people behind a firewall, we have it like the Windows users do. I’m willing to help, but I’m just a little bit occupied to lead this one up myself and I want to get new developers to join in the efforts. Have fun and enjoy! 