Privoxy usage?

[Mike Cardwell]

nobledark at hushmail.com wrote:

> I have heard of the "TCP over TCP" issue but have not had any bad 
> experiences so far. I am currently using both TCP and UDP-based VPN 
> systems and while the TCP-based one is a bit slower, it still seems 
> very stable for applications such as Terminal Services, FTP, 
> http(s), etc. 
> 
> I do notice problems with some apps (FTP for example) if I'm trying 
> to use a TCP-based connection over a satellite link - lot of TCP 
> RSTs and "Zero Window"-type errors in the sniff though on some 
> satellite systems even UDP-based tunnels don't seem to work very 
> well for anything other than low bandwidth applications.

Same here. I use OpenVPN with my laptop as the client. I chose to use 
TCP over port 443, rather than the default UDP so I'd have no 
NAT/firewall issues as I move around from network to network. Works like 
a charm. I don't deny it's probably inefficient, but it's not noticably 
so. Not to me anyhow.

Mike