[e2e] overlay over TCP

[Randall Stewart]

David P. Reed wrote:
> The reason not to depend on SCTP is the same reason that UDP isn't 
> adequate.   The social (non-technical) processes of the "internet 
> community" have labeled anything non-TCP as POISON, KEEP OUT.
> We have middleboxes and routers that chuck stuff like that on the floor.

And one of the things I have been working on in my day-job
is to fix this very thing for SCTP. It does take time.. I
have been at my day job 5 years now and I still only have
the hardware recognizing SCTP... software is still a fight
through process and demand.. and even when you can
come up with demand.. you still have to get it into and
through all the process .. sigh.

R
> 
> Interop is about allowing everything not explicitly prohibited, but 
> don't tell that to the "corporate IT" folks, who want to give you 
> freedom from pesky things like ways to do your job better...  some jerk 
> with a beard and a technical education knows how and when you should 
> communicate, and he will let you know what communications technology you 
> will be allowed to use.   Cisco's firewall division tells him what's OK, 
> and God (or TPC from the President's Analyst) tells Cisco.
> 
> 


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