Here, its not NAT turning people into consumers (cf Walker's Speak Freely rant), but a no-server policy which seems to be too broadly implemented --legit uses are also blocked. Maybe time for UDP protocols, or TCP-to-UDP proxies. Over DNS ports :-) When SYNs are outlawed, only outlaws will SYN. -------- There are some legitimate uses that are stifled as a price for reducing illegitimate uses," said John Vaughn, executive vice president of the Association for American Universities One student who asked not to be named said he was upset that he can no longer play LAN games with friends on his floor. Last year, he would regularly joust with 15 others, but the school restricts using a computer as a server, so he's given up the activity. http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,60613-2,00.html