Guus Sliepen wrote:
> It certainly is possible. The problem is that if you use TCPOnly and have a
> lossy link, then both tinc's TCP connection and any TCP connection you tunnel
> over it start retransmitting packets at approximately the same time after a
> packet is dropped. This is degrading the performance. Also, the kernel will
> buffer packets of TCP connections of both tinc and applications, causing very
> long delays. The problem is described in more detail here:
> 
> http://sites.inka.de/~W1011/devel/tcp-tcp.html

Guus, thanks a lot for the clarifications. It was pretty much what I 
expected and I was afraid of.

-T.
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