What Remailer Pages Do I Need?
There are 4 remailer pages available for download from most stats sources:
- mlist.txt -- YES You need mlist.txt. It provides the reliability statistics required for mixmaster to select reliable remailers for your randomly selected chains. This page must be retrieved with every auto-update.
- pubring.mix -- YES This page is also absolutely required because it contains the cryptographic keys mixmaster requires to create the multi-encrypted packets that are sent from your computer. This page should also be retrieved with every auto-updated.
- rlist.txt -- YES Rlist.txt contains info on the max messages sizes allowed by individual remailers. This value varies a lot from remailer to remailer. The info is used every time you send a message. I recommend you always auto-update this page. It only takes a second to download.
- pubring.asc -- NO This page of PGP keys is strictly for type I remailers. QS is a type II client and has no use for this page.