diff -ur vlc-2.0.5/modules/access_output/http.c vlc-2.0.5.patchde/modules/access_output/http.c
--- vlc-2.0.5/modules/access_output/http.c	2011-12-22 11:38:28.000000000 +0100
+++ vlc-2.0.5.patchde/modules/access_output/http.c	2013-02-07 01:23:10.966721881 +0100
@@ -89,9 +89,17 @@
     add_bool( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "bonjour", false,
               BONJOUR_TEXT, BONJOUR_LONGTEXT, true);
 #endif
+    add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "mark-start", "",
+                "lol", "Fancy option", -1 )
+    add_integer( SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "mark-end", "",
+                "rotfl", "Should maybe also be set", -1 )
     set_callbacks( Open, Close )
 vlc_module_end ()
 
+// globals
+extern vlc_mutex_t mark_lock;
+extern int *mark_used;
+extern int mark_start, mark_end;
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  * Exported prototypes
@@ -199,6 +207,21 @@
         return VLC_EGENERIC;
     }
 
+    fprintf(stderr, "tjobing\n");
+    if (mark_used == NULL) {
+      mark_start = var_InheritInteger( p_access, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "mark-start");
+      mark_end = var_InheritInteger( p_access, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "mark-end");
+      fprintf(stderr, "jabla: %d -> %d\n", mark_start, mark_end);
+
+      if (mark_start >= 0 && mark_end > mark_start) {
+        vlc_mutex_init(&mark_lock);
+        mark_used = (int *)malloc((mark_end - mark_start) * sizeof(int));
+        for (int i = 0; i < mark_end - mark_start; ++i) {
+          mark_used[i] = 0;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     psz_user = var_GetNonEmptyString( p_access, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "user" );
     psz_pwd = var_GetNonEmptyString( p_access, SOUT_CFG_PREFIX "pwd" );
     if( p_access->psz_access && !strcmp( p_access->psz_access, "mmsh" ) )
diff -ur vlc-2.0.5/src/libvlccore.sym vlc-2.0.5.patchde/src/libvlccore.sym
--- vlc-2.0.5/src/libvlccore.sym	2012-05-15 14:41:19.000000000 +0200
+++ vlc-2.0.5.patchde/src/libvlccore.sym	2013-02-07 01:16:16.917330547 +0100
@@ -673,3 +673,7 @@
 xml_ReaderReset
 vlc_keycode2str
 vlc_str2keycode
+mark_end
+mark_lock
+mark_start
+mark_used
diff -ur vlc-2.0.5/src/network/httpd.c vlc-2.0.5.patchde/src/network/httpd.c
--- vlc-2.0.5/src/network/httpd.c	2012-09-04 00:14:53.000000000 +0200
+++ vlc-2.0.5.patchde/src/network/httpd.c	2013-02-07 01:35:50.777081814 +0100
@@ -69,6 +69,50 @@
 
 static void httpd_ClientClean( httpd_client_t *cl );
 
+VLC_API vlc_mutex_t mark_lock;
+VLC_API int *mark_used = NULL;
+VLC_API int mark_start = -1;
+VLC_API int mark_end = -1;
+
+void mark_socket(int fd)
+{                
+    vlc_mutex_lock(&mark_lock);
+    int best_mark = mark_start;
+    int best_mark_val = mark_used[0];
+
+    for (int i = 1; i < mark_end - mark_start; ++i) {
+        if (mark_used[i] < best_mark_val) {
+            best_mark = mark_start + i;
+            best_mark_val = mark_used[i];
+        }
+    }
+    fprintf( stderr, "PICKED MARK %d WITH OLD USAGE %d\n", best_mark, best_mark_val);
+    if (setsockopt (fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_MARK, &best_mark, sizeof(best_mark)) == -1) {
+        perror("setsockopt(SO_MARK)");
+    } else {
+        ++mark_used[best_mark - mark_start];
+    }
+    vlc_mutex_unlock(&mark_lock);
+}
+
+void unmark_socket(int fd)
+{    
+    int mark;
+    socklen_t mark_len = sizeof(mark);
+    if (getsockopt (fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_MARK, &mark, &mark_len) == -1) {
+        perror("getsockopt(SO_MARK)");
+        return;
+    }
+    if (mark < mark_start || mark >= mark_end) {
+        fprintf("UNKNOWN MARK %d\n", mark);
+    }
+
+    vlc_mutex_lock(&mark_lock);
+    --mark_used[mark - mark_start];
+    fprintf(stderr, "UNMARKED MARK %d WITH NEW USAGE %d\n", mark, mark_used[mark - mark_start]);
+    vlc_mutex_unlock(&mark_lock);
+}
+
 /* each host run in his own thread */
 struct httpd_host_t
 {
@@ -1412,6 +1456,7 @@
     {
         if( cl->p_tls != NULL )
             vlc_tls_ServerSessionDelete( cl->p_tls );
+        unmark_socket( cl->fd );
         net_Close( cl->fd );
         cl->fd = -1;
     }
@@ -2461,6 +2506,11 @@
             setsockopt (fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR,
                         &(int){ 1 }, sizeof(int));
 
+            // find a free mark
+            if (mark_used != NULL) {
+                mark_socket(fd);
+            }
+
             vlc_tls_t *p_tls;
 
             if( host->p_tls != NULL )
@@ -2471,6 +2521,7 @@
                     case -1:
                         msg_Err( host, "Rejecting TLS connection" );
                         /* p_tls is destroyed implicitly */
+			unmark_socket( fd );
                         net_Close( fd );
                         fd = -1;
                         p_tls = NULL;