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Randall Stewart wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> Just curious.. as anyone did this on BSD?
> 
> If so, pointers would be nice.. if not... I may (but
> I won't go into the rant as why ;-D)
> 
> R

Running IP over HTTP means your're likely to end up running TCP over TCP 
(TCP over IP over HTTP over TCP). AFAIK there's a problem with 
retransmission timers when running TCP over TCP.