diff --git a/docs/wire-protocol.txt b/docs/wire-protocol.txt
index 489eb9759..d3756bf21 100644
--- a/docs/wire-protocol.txt
+++ b/docs/wire-protocol.txt
@@ -5,18 +5,22 @@ The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
 "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
 document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
 
-LLARP supports by default an authenticated message transport over a
-datagram based network layer.
+LLARP's wire protocol is Internet Wire Protocol (IWP)
 
+The main goal of iwp is to provide an authenticated encrypted
+reliable semi-ordered durable datagram transfer protocol supporting
+datagrams of larger size than link mtu.
 
-protocol phases:
+in iwp there is an initiator who initiates a session to a recipiant.
 
-first phase: proof of flow
-second phase: session handshake
-thrid phase: data transmission
+iwp has 3 phases. the first phase is the proof of flow phase.
+the second is a session handshake phase, the third is data transmission.
 
 proof of flow:
 
+the purpose of the proof of flow phase is to verify the existence
+of the initiator's endpoint.
+
 At any time before the data transfer phase a reject message
 is sent the session is reset.
 
diff --git a/llarp/router/router.cpp b/llarp/router/router.cpp
index a02eb5223..dc2c857d8 100644
--- a/llarp/router/router.cpp
+++ b/llarp/router/router.cpp
@@ -287,34 +287,31 @@ namespace llarp
   void
   Router::PersistSessionUntil(const RouterID &remote, llarp_time_t until)
   {
-    LogDebug("persist session to ", remote, " until ", until);
     m_PersistingSessions[remote] =
         std::max(until, m_PersistingSessions[remote]);
+    LogDebug("persist session to ", remote, " until ",
+             m_PersistingSessions[remote]);
   }
 
   bool
   Router::GetRandomGoodRouter(RouterID &router)
   {
-    if(whitelistRouters)
-    {
-      const auto sz = lokinetRouters.size();
-      auto itr      = lokinetRouters.begin();
+    auto pick_router = [&](auto &collection) -> bool {
+      const auto sz = collection.size();
+      auto itr      = collection.begin();
       if(sz == 0)
         return false;
       if(sz > 1)
         std::advance(itr, randint() % sz);
       router = itr->first;
       return true;
+    };
+    if(whitelistRouters)
+    {
+      pick_router(lokinetRouters);
     }
     absl::ReaderMutexLock l(&nodedb()->access);
-    auto sz = nodedb()->entries.size();
-    if(sz == 0)
-      return false;
-    auto itr = nodedb()->entries.begin();
-    if(sz > 1)
-      std::advance(itr, randint() % sz);
-    router = itr->first;
-    return true;
+    return pick_router(nodedb()->entries);
   }
 
   void