> The way the transport works is like a client on the jabber server. This client logs into the msn server and what it gets back from there it sends throught the wire to the real client (your computer).

Why not simply move that 'client' to the system of the user?

> > I have been thinking about writing a jabber client that was actually a proxy, but that would take time :(

> a http proxy would be good. that way I could use jabber at school. I could go through the http only firewall. :) thats why I got ICQ in the first place. there is a prototype proxt being developed, http://www.jabbercentral.com and search the development section for transports IIRC.

Is it really a HTTP firewall or is traffic simply restricted to port 80?