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Use cases

See also this page in russian.

• Occasional connection to mail server:  
• Lightweight fast POP3/IMAP4 replacement:  
• Unreliable/expensive communication link:  
• Slow/expensive link for high-volume data, bad QoS:  
• Extreme terrestrial environments, no link:  
• One-way broadcasting communications:  
• Satellite links:  
• Private, isolated MitM/Sybil-resistant networks:  
• Highly secure isolated air-gap computers:  
• Network censorship bypassing, health:  
• Reconnaissance, spying, intelligence, covert agents:  
• Cheap night transfers:  
• Multicast flooding transmission: