Each incoming request contains up to max_batch_up bytes of payload.
It's a multipart/form-data.
-Authentication: for now, plaintext password
+Authentication: for now, plaintext secret
Routing assistance: none in hippotat; can be requested on client
from userv-ipif via `vroutes' parameter. Use with secnet polypath
-Future nonce-based authentication:
+
+Possible future nonce-based authentication:
server keeps big nonce counter for each client
meaning is: