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

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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. On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 4:53 PM risharde ***@***.***> wrote: > 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! > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > <#49>, or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABQPQIWC53UFZBDGNVHC5J3Y2MWTNAVCNFSM6AAAAABFLT3RYWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGIYTCOBYHAYDOMA> > . > You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#49 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AICMFI7FRGBJI44ESU3X3YLY2NYJRAVCNFSM6AAAAABFLT3RYWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDAMRUGI2DOMZWGA> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[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.

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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. > > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, 4:53 PM risharde ***@***.***> wrote: > > > 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! > > > > — > > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > > <#49>, or unsubscribe > > < > https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABQPQIWC53UFZBDGNVHC5J3Y2MWTNAVCNFSM6AAAAABFLT3RYWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43ASLTON2WKOZSGIYTCOBYHAYDOMA> > > > . > > You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: > > ***@***.***> > > > > — > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub > < #49 (comment)>, > or unsubscribe > < https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AICMFI7FRGBJI44ESU3X3YLY2NYJRAVCNFSM6AAAAABFLT3RYWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDAMRUGI2DOMZWGA> > . > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: > ***@***.***> > — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#49 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABQPQIRM7Z242Y6U7DW7NXDY2OYXDAVCNFSM6AAAAABFLT3RYWVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDAMRUGQ3TONZTGU> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>