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Re:AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta by andrewflnr on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @01:29AM (#5484415)
I'm confused. This makes your servers sound almost entirely useless most of the time. What role do they normally play?
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Re:AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta by mbreese on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @01:36AM (#5484440)
It sounds like they are using their servers as a relay to get around two clients that are behinds NATs.
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Re:AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta by andrewflnr on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @01:42AM (#5484469)
Yes, I got that, but what else do they do?
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Re:AeroFS (YC S10) exits private beta by huhtenberg on Wednesday April 03, 2013 @02:16AM (#5484588)
It's a rendezvous service. They help clients locate each other.
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