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tlrobinson on April 5, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Sshuttle - tunnel all your traffic through ssh

Sure it's possible (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers). I don't know why they haven't done it yet.

Xurinos on April 5, 2011 [–]

You are referring to the lowest OSI layer. It is easy to propose laying out new line (or network of birds), but the costs are huge.

http://img.tfd.com/cde/OSI.GIF

fs111 on April 5, 2011 | [–]

OSI? Really? http://pablotron.org/files/7_layer_burrito.html

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