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People who are not computer-oriented would see hole-punching as something you do to a piece of paper or leather with a metal instrument. This article should be NAT hole punching. --Treekids21:46, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Support per nom. The computing technique seems rather specialised and I expect it will be obscure to many readers. I wouldn't be opposed to a dab page though. PC78 (talk) 23:44, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello! Totally agreed, but what the article describes isn't strictly about NAT configurations. Maybe "Firewall hole punching" would be a better article title? — Dsimic (talk | contribs) 22:50, 31 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose reversing the recent move. "Hole punching" is a generic concept, not a networking-specific concept, and is most likely to refer to punching physical holes in paper. As can be read above, objections to the use of the generic title "hole punching" for this concept date back at least eight years. If there's a better title for the networking concept, I'm perfectly willing to listen to those who know more about this technology than I do and would support such a move instead. The generic title "hole punching" should be kept as it is now, a redirect to hole punch. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 01:37, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment if the request is to be "firewall hole punching" I feel this nomination should be withdrawn and resubmitted as the current request is procedurally very poor. -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 05:24, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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NAT hole punching → Firewall hole punching – What the article describes isn't strictly about NAT configurations, a hole can be punched in a firewall that has no NAT configured such as on systems providing shell access to multiple users. --Relisted.George Ho (talk) 01:39, 8 June 2015 (UTC) — Dsimic (talk | contribs) 17:00, 1 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support. This should have just been proposed in the last move request, rather than closing and reopening it. However, as I've said, I'm fine with moving it so long as the original title stays as a redirect to hole punch. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 02:12, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I think "hole punching" is the common and most generic name. The argument for why "NAT hole punching" is too restrictive, also seems to work the other way around: a technique that punches a hole through a firewall might not punch a hole through a NAT. As others have expressed above that Hole punching should redirect to Hole puncher, using a disambiguation tag would be more appropriate: Hole punching (networking) or Hole punching (computing). Also, why do we have separate articles on TCP hole punching, UDP hole punching and ICMP hole punching? Why not discuss them in this article instead. —Ruud18:05, 2 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment this shows that Hole punching (networking) and Hole punch get around the same number of views and almost none go through the old redirect. Readers mostly are getting to Hole punch and Hole punching (networking) directly. If you did search on Hole punching, I think you are much more likely looking for the network concept than an activity of using a hole punch. I think the google search show more its on networking, and even more so if the term is quoted. MB19:12, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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