[Nym3-devel] Specs clarification for the RELAY command.

[Steve Crook]

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On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:41:13PM +0100, Laurent Fousse wrote:
> 
> I think we already discussed on irc the problem of multipart
> separator, which reduce the anonymity set. In nymbaron we plan to
> deconstruct the message and reconstruct it with the python `email'
> module so that the separator can't be used to distinguish between
> nymusers (Zax is writing that I think). Did I forget anything else of
> the kind ? Do we need to add this MIME-reconstruction to the specs ?
> Should it happen on the server, or on the client ?

I think we should allow MIME messaging and that the repackaging should
happen on the server.  This ensures that all users of that server remain
in a single anonymity set regardless of their client version and
configuration.

MIME probably does aid the spread of malware.  The same would be true of
anything beyond plain text, but as we want a nym user to interact with
non-anonymous emailers in the most transparent manner possible, then I
think MIME becomes a definite requirement.

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