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UDP Hole Punching test tool
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# udp_hole_punch_tester.py - UDP Hole Punching test tool
#
# Usage: udp_hole_punch_tester.py remote_host remote_port
#
# Run this script simultaneously on 2 hosts to test if they can punch
# a UDP hole to each other.
#
# * remote_port should be identical on 2 hosts.
# * if remote_port < 1024, must be root.
# * tested on python 2.5.
#
# Copyright (C) 2009 Dmitriy Samovskiy, http://somic.org
#
# License: Apache License, Version 2.0
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/
#
import sys, os, time, socket, random
from select import select
def log(*args):
print time.asctime(), ' '.join([str(x) for x in args])
def puncher(remote_host, port):
sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
sock.bind(('', port))
my_token = str(random.random())
log("my_token =", my_token)
remote_token = "_"
sock.setblocking(0)
sock.settimeout(5)
remote_knows_our_token = False
for i in range(60):
r,w,x = select([sock], [sock], [], 0)
if remote_token != "_" and remote_knows_our_token:
log("we are done - hole was punched from both ends")
break
if r:
data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024)
log("recv:", data)
if remote_token == "_":
remote_token = data.split()[0]
log("remote_token is now", remote_token)
if len(data.split()) == 3:
log("remote end signals it knows our token")
remote_knows_our_token = True
if w:
data = "%s %s" % (my_token, remote_token)
if remote_token != "_": data += " ok"
log("sending:", data)
sock.sendto(data, (remote_host, port))
log("sent", i)
time.sleep(0.5)
log("done")
sock.close()
return remote_token != "_"
if __name__ == '__main__':
remote_host = sys.argv[1]
port = int(sys.argv[2])
if puncher(remote_host, port):
log("Punched UDP hole to %s:%d successfully" % (remote_host, port))
else:
log("Failed to punch hole")
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I tried to change the code to support TCP hole punching, by introducing this:

sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
sock.bind(('', port))

Once I start the server, getting the following error

Sat Jan 26 18:51:02 2013 my_token = 0.398781599164
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./udp_hole_punch_tester.py", line 75, in
if puncher(remote_host, port):
File "./udp_hole_punch_tester.py", line 49, in puncher
data, addr = sock.recvfrom(1024)
socket.error: [Errno 107] Transport endpoint is not connected

Any ideas, why select indicates "read" and socket tries to read the data, but obviously there is no client connected at this moment.

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