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@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
and other mix features lacking in the Cypherpunk remailers.
\subsection{Known attacks against mix-nets}
+% ???? Move this to the end of section 3?
Attacks against mix-nets aim to reduce the anonymity of users by
linking anonymous senders with the messages they send, by linking
@@ -476,6 +477,7 @@
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\section{The Mix-net Design}
+% ???? Rename to 'The Mixminion Design'? -NM
\label{sec:design}
Mixminion uses a free-route mix-net just like \cite{mixmaster-spec}
@@ -615,7 +617,7 @@
\item it should be impossible to recognize the decryption of a modified
block, without knowledge of the key;
-%what the heck does this mean? i don't know what 'the key' is. this is
+% XXXX what the heck does this mean? i don't know what 'the key' is. this is
%probably too imprecise for us.
\item it should be equally secure to use the decryption operation
for encryption.
@@ -626,6 +628,8 @@
is, a cipher that acts as a permutation on a block the size of its
input (a header or the payload). Possible candidates
include LIONESS \cite{BEAR-LIONESS} and SPC \cite{SPC}.
+% ???? What can anybody tell me about SPC? I get no google hits
+% except for this paper.-NM
The cryptographic property required is that of a super-pseudo-random
permutation (a.k.a. strong pseudo-random permutation) or SPRP \cite{sprp}.\footnote{
The weaker PRP property may be sufficient, given that preventing