diff --git a/network/Cargo.toml b/network/Cargo.toml
index 614b40fd..b5d15436 100644
--- a/network/Cargo.toml
+++ b/network/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ fs2 = { version = "0.4.3" }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.11", features = ["fs"] }
 ip_rfc = "0.1.0"
 parking_lot = "0.12.1"
+stun = "0.4.4"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/network/src/nat_traversal/mod.rs b/network/src/nat_traversal/mod.rs
index dc7aa171..b906cd2e 100644
--- a/network/src/nat_traversal/mod.rs
+++ b/network/src/nat_traversal/mod.rs
@@ -9,3 +9,156 @@
 //! immediately bound to the socket.
 //! Or it could require an interactive process that asks the user to perform some
 //! complicated steps to configure the network.
+
+use stun::agent::*;
+use stun::message::*;
+use stun::xoraddr::*;
+use stun::Error;
+
+use tokio::net::UdpSocket;
+use tokio::time;
+
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+/*
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+Here is an example for the server behind NAT.
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+let bind_addr = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], bind_port));
+let sock = UdpSocket::bind(bind_addr).await?;
+let conn = Arc::new(sock);
+
+tokio::spawn(keep_connecting_to_available_stun(
+    conn.clone(),
+    stun_cands_file,
+    request_period,
+));
+
+tokio::spawn(keep_connecting_to_clients(
+    conn.clone(),
+    allowed_clients_file,
+    request_period,
+));
+
+println!("Listening on: {}", conn.clone().local_addr()?);
+let mut msg = Message::new();
+let mut buf = [0; 1024];
+loop {
+    match conn.recv_from(&mut buf).await {
+        Ok((len, addr)) => {
+            if !is_stun_response(buf) {
+                // Handle the DMS message.
+            }
+        },
+        Err(_) => {
+            println!("error!");
+        }
+    }
+}
+*/
+
+/*
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+Here is an example for the client behind NAT.
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+let bind_addr = SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], bind_port));
+let sock = UdpSocket::bind(bind_addr).await?;
+let conn = Arc::new(sock);
+
+tokio::spawn(keep_connecting_to_available_stun(
+    conn.clone(),
+    stun_cands_file,
+    request_period,
+));
+
+println!("Send a request to the peer: {}", peer_addr);
+conn.send_to(b"DMS:CONSENSUS:PING", peer_addr.clone())
+    .await?;
+
+match conn.recv_from(&mut buf).await {
+    Ok((len, addr)) => {
+        if !is_stun_response(buf) {
+            // Handle the DMS message.
+        }
+    },
+    Err(_) => {
+        println!("error!");
+    }
+}
+*/
+
+// keep_connecting_to_available_stun helps the given conn keep that public address
+// by periodically sending a request to the available STUN server.
+pub async fn keep_connecting_to_available_stun(
+    conn: Arc<UdpSocket>,
+    stun_cands_file_name: String,
+    request_period: Duration,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    loop {
+        let file = File::open(stun_cands_file_name.clone())?;
+        let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+
+        let mut msg = Message::new();
+        msg.build(&[Box::<TransactionId>::default(), Box::new(BINDING_REQUEST)])?;
+
+        for line in reader.lines() {
+            match line {
+                Ok(addr) => {
+                    conn.send_to(&msg.raw, addr).await?;
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    eprintln!("Error reading line: {}", err);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        time::sleep(request_period).await;
+    }
+}
+
+// keep_connecting_to_clients allows peers outside of NAT to persistently connect to this peer.
+pub async fn keep_connecting_to_clients(
+    conn: Arc<UdpSocket>,
+    allowed_clients_file_name: String,
+    request_period: Duration,
+) -> Result<(), Error> {
+    loop {
+        let file = File::open(allowed_clients_file_name.clone())?;
+        let reader = BufReader::new(file);
+
+        for line in reader.lines() {
+            match line {
+                Ok(addr) => {
+                    conn.send_to(b"DMS:NAT_TRAVERSAL:PING", addr).await?;
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    eprintln!("Error reading line: {}", err);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        time::sleep(request_period).await;
+    }
+}
+
+// is_stun_response returns whether the given data is a response from the STUN server, and
+// prints out the peer's current public address.
+// You should broadcast your address to other peers somehow.
+pub fn is_stun_response(data: &Vec<u8>) -> bool {
+    let mut msg = Message::new();
+    match msg.unmarshal_binary(&data) {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            let mut xor_addr = XorMappedAddress::default();
+            xor_addr.get_from(&msg).unwrap();
+            println!("Your current public address: {xor_addr}");
+            return true;
+        }
+        Err(_) => {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+}