Remailer Phases

measl at mfn.org measl at mfn.org
Tue Aug 7 20:49:30 PDT 2001


On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, Tim May wrote:

> Depends on traffic rates. If fewer than 10 messages per hour, then 5 
> minutes delay ("latency") is obviously not diffusive enough. If more 
> than 100 messages per hour, then 5 minutes gives a diffusivity or fanout 
> of about 10, which is a useful amount.
> 
> Think diffusivity, not latency.
> 
> --Tim May

Absolutely correct.  I was looking microcosmically, rather than
macrocosmically - doh!

Just as an aside, I find a 10/hour rate to be pretty unlikely
when you consider chaff (which is a great deal of the actual traffic).

-- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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