Monday, April 04, 2011 at 1:06 AM.

rssCloudRpcHandlers.firewallCheck

on firewallCheck (ip) {
	<<Changes
		<<8/24/09; 3:20:22 PM by DW
			<<Created. Return true if we believe the caller is behind a firewall or NAT.
	if client != ip { //he's behind a NAT
		return (true)} //he thinks his IP address is different from what we were told it is
	else {
		try {
			local (server = "xmlrpc://" + ip + ":5337/RPC2");
			local (state = states.nthstate (random (1, 50)));
			local (result = [server].river2.testFirewall (state));
			if result != string.upper (state) {
				return (true)}}
		else {
			return (true)}};
	return (false)}



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