2026-10-24 22:07 UTC
@Farbs@mastodon.social @mcc@mastodon.social i dont udnerstand the thing about webrtc
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@mcc@mastodon.social 2026-10-24 22:12
@violet@estradiol.city @Farbs@mastodon.social In a web browser, the only way to perform networking is to contact a server. This means all network connections must be "outgoing". You have to contact a specific public IP address. This means a web app cannot *receive* connections. Web apps has no way to open a listening socket, and if they did, consumer browser connections are usually behind something called a "NAT". Everyone in your house shares one public IP, incoming connections bounce off the NAT like an umbrella.