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diff --git a/PROTOCOL b/PROTOCOL
index 9969e61..b597b9a 100644
--- a/PROTOCOL
+++ b/PROTOCOL
@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
 Server maintains a queue of outbound packets for each user
 
-Packets which are older than MAX_QUEUE_TIME are discarded
+Packets which are older than the applicable max_queue_time are discarded
 
-Each incoming request to the server takes up to MAX_BATCH_DOWN bytes
+Each incoming request to the server takes up to max_batch_down bytes
 from the queue and returns them as the POST response body payload
 
-Each incoming request contains up to MAX_BATCH_UP bytes of payload.
+Each incoming request contains up to max_batch_up bytes of payload.
 It's a multipart/form-data.
 
 Authentication: for now, plaintext password
 
-Sever side configuration:
- Per user but normally global
-  MAX_MAX_BATCH_DOWN MAX_MAX_QUEUE_TIME
- Global
-  MTU
- Per user
-  PASSWORD
+Routing assistance: none needed; secnet polypath will DTRT
 
-Client side configuration;
- MAX_BATCH_DOWN MAX_QUEUE_TIME PASSWORD
+Client form parameters (multipart/form-data):
+ m		metadata, newline-separated list (text file) of
+			client ip address (textual)
+		       	password
+			target_requests_outstanding
+ d              data (SLIP format, with SLIP_ESC and `-' swapped)
 
-Routing assistance: none needed; secnet polypath will DTRT
 
-Client form parameters:
- I MBD MQT P D
+
+Future nonce-based authentication:
+
+server keeps big nonce counter for each client
+meaning is:
+ nonce counter is most recent nonce client has sent
+also server keeps bitmap of the previous ?64 nonces,
+ whether client has sent them
+
+client picks.... xxx