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On Saturday, August 22, 2020 12:19 AM, Grant Taylor <gtaylor@×××××××××××××××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > i was thinking (and still) if such relay-by-relay delivery increases |
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> > probability of error by a factor of n (n = number of relays in the |
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> > middle). e.g. probability of accidental silent mail loss is if one, |
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> > or more, accidentally said "yes got it!" but actually didn't. i.e.: |
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> It definitely won't be a factor of n, where n is the number of relays. |
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why? |
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since relays are in series, and since each relay |
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trusts next relay's "yup got it!", then error rate |
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should add up for every extra step. no? |
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