Lease times - is there a way to set an unlimited lease time?

[risharde]

Hi @offbynull , I've now discovered this android implementation and I was curious as to whether I can specify an unlimited lease time when mapping a port - it seems like the lease time is required by example mapper.mapPort() function

Can you advise me whether this is possible?

Thanks!

[offbynull]

Hey,

The library isn't maintained anymore. I need to update the readme to reflect that. I suspect there are much better (and newer) libraries available that have Android support.

But, to answer your question, if I recall correctly unlimited leases weren't supported across all protocols. Even if they were, an unlimited lease will end up lingering if your application crashes, which I suspect many people won't like.

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Hi @offbynull https://github.com/offbynull , I've now discovered this android implementation and I was curious as to whether I can specify an unlimited lease time when mapping a port - it seems like the lease time is required by example mapper.mapPort() function

Can you advise me whether this is possible?

Thanks!

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[risharde]

Thanks for the response! Really appreciate it! I have been looking at other libraries and thought I understood yours the best out of them - new is ironicly not what I am looking for since I need something that works with as low as android 5. Your library has helped alot so far!

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Hey,

The library isn't maintained anymore. I need to update the readme to reflect that. I suspect there are much better (and newer) libraries available that have Android support.

But, to answer your question, if I recall correctly unlimited leases weren't supported across all protocols. Even if they were, an unlimited lease will end up lingering if your application crashes, which I suspect many people won't like.

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Can you advise me whether this is possible?

Thanks!

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[offbynull]

The problem with the library is that it lacks support for various protocol extensions. For example, PCP has a bunch of additional RFCs and some security things are missing for upnp-igd. There are a broad range of scenarios where the library simply won't work, and I don't have the capacity to keep it up to date (or even maintained).

It may be better for you to invest the time into porting minupnpc from C to Java (or Kotlin or whatever). I suspect modern LLMs like ChatGPT4 / Claude3 Opus will take out much of the grunt work.

On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 2:17 AM risharde @.***> wrote:

Thanks for the response! Really appreciate it! I have been looking at other libraries and thought I understood yours the best out of them - new is ironicly not what I am looking for since I need something that works with as low as android 5. Your library has helped alot so far!

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 9:40 PM Kasra Faghihi @.***> wrote:

Hey,

The library isn't maintained anymore. I need to update the readme to reflect that. I suspect there are much better (and newer) libraries available that have Android support.

But, to answer your question, if I recall correctly unlimited leases weren't supported across all protocols. Even if they were, an unlimited lease will end up lingering if your application crashes, which I suspect many people won't like.

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Hi @offbynull https://github.com/offbynull , I've now discovered this android implementation and I was curious as to whether I can specify an unlimited lease time when mapping a port - it seems like the lease time is required by example mapper.mapPort() function

Can you advise me whether this is possible?

Thanks!

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