[e2e] Is a non-TCP solution dead?

[Saad Biaz]

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, John Kristoff wrote:

> often heavily filtered.  In fact, I might be tempted to think that many
> of those non-TCP applications you're referring to may often be running
> over TCP port 80 to get past filters.


John:

These non-TCP flows must first disguise themselves as TCP flows (put a 6
in protocol ID) and then use port 80.. This implies that the end-points
must be aware of the micmac.. While possible, such micmac is certainly
very limited.

Or, are there commercial products using this?