so called onion routing

http://www.onion-router.net/History.html 1995: Initial work on Onion Routing begins, funded by ONR. http://cypherpunks.venona.com/ grep onion cyp-1993.txt # For example, Eric Messick calls his things "onions," suggesting multiple "(For example, Eric Messick calls his things "onions," suggesting multiple layers of "return postage guaranteed" envelopes. This may be a great idea, and even a great name (which we may all be using in 5 years)," Also, the idea of multiple, nested, encrpyted 'envelopes' that contain routing information is routinely mentioned at that time, if I'm not mistaken.