Unverified Commit 412dbb35 authored by Aarsh Shah's avatar Aarsh Shah Committed by GitHub

Event for user's NAT Device Type: Tell user if the node is behind an Easy or Hard NAT (#173)

* event for NAT device type
Co-authored-by: default avatarMarten Seemann <martenseemann@gmail.com>
parent faf23c3b
package event
import "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-core/network"
// EvtNATDeviceTypeChanged is an event struct to be emitted when the type of the NAT device changes for a Transport Protocol.
//
// Note: This event is meaningful ONLY if the AutoNAT Reachability is Private.
// Consumers of this event should ALSO consume the `EvtLocalReachabilityChanged` event and interpret
// this event ONLY if the Reachability on the `EvtLocalReachabilityChanged` is Private.
type EvtNATDeviceTypeChanged struct {
// TransportProtocol is the Transport Protocol for which the NAT Device Type has been determined.
TransportProtocol network.NATTransportProtocol
// NatDeviceType indicates the type of the NAT Device for the Transport Protocol.
// Currently, it can be either a `Cone NAT` or a `Symmetric NAT`. Please see the detailed documentation
// on `network.NATDeviceType` enumerations for a better understanding of what these types mean and
// how they impact Connectivity and Hole Punching.
NatDeviceType network.NATDeviceType
}
package network
// NATDeviceType indicates the type of the NAT device.
type NATDeviceType int
const (
// NATDeviceTypeUnknown indicates that the type of the NAT device is unknown.
NATDeviceTypeUnknown NATDeviceType = iota
// NATDeviceTypeCone indicates that the NAT device is a Cone NAT.
// A Cone NAT is a NAT where all outgoing connections from the same source IP address and port are mapped by the NAT device
// to the same IP address and port irrespective of the destination address.
// With regards to RFC 3489, this could be either a Full Cone NAT, a Restricted Cone NAT or a
// Port Restricted Cone NAT. However, we do NOT differentiate between them here and simply classify all such NATs as a Cone NAT.
// NAT traversal with hole punching is possible with a Cone NAT ONLY if the remote peer is ALSO behind a Cone NAT.
// If the remote peer is behind a Symmetric NAT, hole punching will fail.
NATDeviceTypeCone
// NATDeviceTypeSymmetric indicates that the NAT device is a Symmetric NAT.
// A Symmetric NAT maps outgoing connections with different destination addresses to different IP addresses and ports,
// even if they originate from the same source IP address and port.
// NAT traversal with hole-punching is currently NOT possible in libp2p with Symmetric NATs irrespective of the remote peer's NAT type.
NATDeviceTypeSymmetric
)
func (r NATDeviceType) String() string {
switch r {
case 0:
return "Unknown"
case 1:
return "Cone"
case 2:
return "Symmetric"
default:
return "unrecognized"
}
}
// NATTransportProtocol is the transport protocol for which the NAT Device Type has been determined.
type NATTransportProtocol int
const (
// NATTransportUDP means that the NAT Device Type has been determined for the UDP Protocol.
NATTransportUDP NATTransportProtocol = iota
// NATTransportTCP means that the NAT Device Type has been determined for the TCP Protocol.
NATTransportTCP
)
func (n NATTransportProtocol) String() string {
switch n {
case 0:
return "UDP"
case 1:
return "TCP"
default:
return "unrecognized"
}
}
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