Subject: Re: Some questions about areas

From: Sergey Matveev <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2021 10:21:57 +0300

*** John Goerzen [2021-08-17 16:04]:
>A <-> B <-> [C, D, E]
>[...]
>Have I got that right?

Yes, everything you wrote is correct.

>So, for a setup like this, it is most efficient to have the "untrusted"
>relay node B be part of the area, but lack the keys.

Yep, also right. The first setup you described (with "keyless" B-node)
is the most efficient from the point of less possible duplicated messages.

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