[freehaven-cvs] Echolot"s not that simple, really. And added spaces ...

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Echolot's not that simple, really. And added spaces before \cites.


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 \subsection{Echolot algorithm}
 
-Echolot's approach for determining remailer reliability is simple.
+Echolot's approach for determining remailer reliability is as follows:
 Distributed over the course of a day, Echolot sends several pings through
 each remailer, recording the time when they were sent.  For pings already
 received, the time interval between the sending of the ping and its return
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 
 \paragraph{Chain-Pinging:} In addition to single-hop pings, Echolot also
 performs chain pinging to uncover cases where two remailers A and B
-perform well when tested individually but for obscure reasons,\footnote{Some such broken chains have resulted from both hardware faults and configuration errors affecting the network path between the two remailers. Others have been due to misconfigurations in one or both of the systems' antispam measures. Most, though, are unexplained.} messages sent through A to B fail to arrive at their destinations.
+perform well when tested individually but for obscure reasons,\footnote{Broken chains may be unidirectional or bidirectional, depending on their root cause. We have observed broken chains which have resulted from both hardware faults and configuration errors impacting the network path between the two nodes, as well as mistakes in the configuration of the remailer's host server. Others have been due to misconfigurations in anti-spam measures in place on one or both of the remailers' underlying infrastructure. Most broken chains, though, are unexplained.} messages sent through A to B fail to arrive at their destinations.
 
 Since pinging every two-hop chain on a frequent basis would put an
 unnecessary load on the remailer network, Echolot contents itself with

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