[e2e] TCP spoofing in overlay networks

[Martin Swany]

Hi there,

> I recently had occaision to read a few papers about the practice of 
> "TCP spoofing" over satellite links---i.e inserting a proxy prior to 
> the satellite link to provide TCP feedback to the sender, effectively 
> splitting into two TCP sessions connected in tandem. I was wondering 
> if anyone had ever proposed a similar idea to improve TCP throughput 
> in overlay networks over terestrial links.

We proposed such an approach in terms of an E2E "session" layer.  The 
2001
tech report (and some newer information) is available here:
http://www.cis.udel.edu/~swany/projects/lsl

regards,
martin