Yikes! I don't think I would play with a new HTTP version with such a setup. I would want to keep things as simple as possible, and write the simplest port-bind

Yikes! I don't think I would play with a new HTTP version with such a setup. I would want to keep things as simple as possible, and write the simplest port-binding daemon I could in whatever language I liked best, and invoke it by hand. Test locally then on your local subnet, then public test on a $5/mo Ubuntu VPS. At that point I feel like I'd be ready to start thinking about testing on your setup. :)