Re: IBM patents tunneling HTTP through another protocal

Telford001@aol.com
Fri, 5 Jun 1998 05:57:16 EDT


In a message dated 6/4/98 11:25:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
joshco@microsoft.com writes:

> hmm..
>  Wouldnt a prior work be tunneling HTTP through SSL, as
>  originated by Netscape ?
>  This is how https works...

Protocol tunnels have been used for at least twenty
years.  Hard to believe IBM's develop is non-obvious
to someone skilled in the art or that it constitutes a
new combination of old ideas.

Joachim Martillo