Hello, I have the following scenario. A web service is running on the internet. My intranet server connects to this web service. After connection the web service is supposed to reuse the connection, become the client and send requests to the intranet server. This is firewall-friendly, because I do not have to open my intranet firewall to allow incoming requests. Instead I have to open the firewall for outgoing requests only. Once the connection is established, the web service could reuse it and send its requests. Using plain sockets it is simple to implement such a scenario. My question is, if this would also be possible with Axis2? The underlying protocol can be HTTP(S) or TCP(S). Could Out-In-operations play a role in realizing such a scenario? Best regards Stefan Fromm