If the software has access to the mixminion server ServerDesc it could parse the file and find the same info. It could then make decisions on routing based on the algorithms published in the dictionary.
Joel M. Baldwin wrote:
2.) You can tell who is using what mix algorithms by looking at the ServDesc's at <http://privacy.outel.org/minion/>
The user can, yes. But the software can't, and it's the software that choses the nodes to use.
Colin
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Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it is pronounced?