[FFmpeg-soc] Specific Project Goals

[Luca Barbato]

Reimar Döffinger wrote:

> I just noticed that these programs can actually tunnel an arbitrary tcp
> connection through http proxies, at least squid, without any special
> remote server. I always assumed that http proxies would regenerate the
> HTTP requests, and at least the one squid config I have does (at least
> sometimes) since it is configured to gzip-compress everything it
> receives before passing it on...
> Amazing how little one knows ;-)

I recall of using openvpn through a stateful inspection proxy w/out 
problems thanks such trick. I guess I could help about providing a 
tunnel point as well.

lu

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Luca Barbato
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