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diff --git a/PROTOCOL b/PROTOCOL
index 6b12e4f..4e07db1 100644
--- a/PROTOCOL
+++ b/PROTOCOL
@@ -8,20 +8,24 @@ from the queue and returns them as the POST response body payload
 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 needed; secnet polypath will DTRT
+Routing assistance: none in hippotat; can be requested on client
+ from userv-ipif via `vroutes' parameter.  Use with secnet polypath
+ ideally uses the special support in secnet 0.4.x.
 
 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)
+			http_timeout
+ d              data (SLIP format, with SLIP_ESC and `-' swapped)
 
 
 
-Future nonce-based authentication:
+
+Possible future nonce-based authentication:
 
 server keeps big nonce counter for each client
 meaning is: