in today's episode of why-NAT-is-stupid-and-evil-and-needs-to-die...
And if ISPs would include a block of 5 addys for everyone it would. But until then...
My port has been forwarded since I got started. No reason not to that I know of.
which is why ISPs need to get their asses moving on implementing IPv6 so things will work properly (full end-to-end connectivity without ugly hacks like NAT traversal or UPNP) again.
a /64 (2^64 addresses) for everyone.