How tunnel_paths works ?

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Hi,

I've noticed that in MogileFS.pm there is a method called 'tunnel_paths',
all it's doing is converting path from, for example,
http://192.168.2.90:7500/dev1/0/000/262/0000262907.fid to
http://localhost:7590/dev1/0/000/262/0000262907.fid. My guess is MogileFS
client open a tunnel from localhost to the actual host, I wonder what is
the benefit of doing it ? And the tunnel fails on Win32(get_file_content)
but works on Linux, which is where I found the mystrious routine.

-thanks
kem