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From: Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de>
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 18:53:40 +0200
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Subject: Re: Can anybody terminate an IP-IP tunnel for me?
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Am 08.06.2007 um 17:47 schrieb Oliver Fromme:

> While OpenVPN works well usually, it is generally not
> advisable to run it over TCP, especially if your link
> is not guaranteed to have 0% packet loss, which might
> be the case for satellite links.  Running OpenVPN over
> UDP is fine.

Sure, but slightly less than perfect connectivity is still better  
than none: being stuck on a corporate network, where you can use the  
proxy to establish a TCP connection to port 443, for example.


Stefan

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