[sagichmal]

A protocol separate to UDP and TCP altogether would suffer from middlebox interference problems.

[anticensor]

Aaaa, you mean the problem of -smart- stupid pipes. These do and will exist all the time and this is an opportunity for them to realise how detrimental they do is to Internet.

[sagichmal]

They're inextricably woven into the fabric of the internet, and unfortunately can't be wished away.