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the_mitsuhiko
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Libtorrent adds support for the WebTorrent protoco...
> Enterprise blocking of IP ports has caused quite a mess already.
Which mess did it cause?
amelius
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It’s also part of why so many things that’d be better on TCP sockets end up being implemented on top of HTTP... and then actually see adoption in that form. A combo of JS limitations and firewalls aggressively blocking everything that’s not HTTP.
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Which mess did it cause?