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-c can't reach all servers listed on a built-in directory

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Domain
cli, documentation

Research direction

Open the linked Software Manual command-line options section and review the description of -c alongside the built-in directory behavior described in the issue. Document that -c cannot reach every listed server because many rely on hole punching; done means the limitation is clear to users in that section.

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Description

As @rdica mentions here, the -c command line option can't reach every server listed on a built-in directory. In fact, most servers might not be reachable using -c, because most clients rely on a "hole punch" procedure to reach a server without the server explicitly opening the port.

This probably merits mentioning in the command-line documentation for this feature.

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