,----[ On Wed, Jul 11, at 01:30PM, Ray Dillinger wrote: ]-------------- | Can anybody recommend appropriate reading? | | | Bear `----[ End Quote ]--------------------------- its not too much, in fact, it is not precisely what you are looking for. but check this paper out: http://freehaven.net/doc/mix-acc/mix-acc.pdf (also check out other papers on the freehaven project, they are working on prjects which, in theory are similar to what you just described.) http://freehaven.net/papers.html it is about reliabilty in mix net networks, describes a reliabilty system and (this is the part that might be of interest to you) it describes potential failures and weak points in a system that is theoretically similar to yours. hope that helps... --gabe -- "It's not brave, if you're not scared."