Re: MixMinion Status

[George Danezis <gd@theory.lcs.mit.edu>]

On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Zooko wrote:
> Suppose you are sending messages to a peer, and some of the messages are PK-
> encrypted but others are symmetrically encrypted.  (In fact, this was the case in
> a protocol [1] I was designing for Mnet [2] nee Mojo Nation.)
> 
> It would be nice if a passive eavesdropper couldn't tell the difference between 
> these two kinds of messages.

This kind of problem would not occur in Mix minion since all the 
communications between mixes are super encrypted to provide forward
secrecy. In other contexts it can be a valuable requirement.

George