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3.11.5 Performance Issues and Limitations

Calls transmitted via HTTP requests are at least an order of magnitude slower that those sent through direct sockets, without taking proxy forwarding delays into consideration.

Because HTTP requests can only be initiated in one direction through a firewall, a client cannot export its own remote objects outside the firewall, because a host outside the firewall cannot initiate a method invocation back on the client.



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