diff --git a/connectClient/README.md b/connectClient/README.md
index 54ddc3dd8da9eb2e5a8e8502cb4e980f55d6fb6d..986598d8dbe9da99bb193e42a0395c9a5439f363 100644
--- a/connectClient/README.md
+++ b/connectClient/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# xxdk Connect Client Example
+# xxdk Connection Client Example
 
 This mini-repository contains the example logic for running a basic connection
 client. This is provided by the xx network team as a springboard to
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ help consumers better understand our API and how it may be used.
 avoiding the usage of CLI flags for basic variables you may change in the code.
 This file initiates an xxdk E2E object. With that established, a connection 
 client is built on top. Using a precanned contact object created in 
-`connectServer` this connection client contacts the server with a simple 
+`connectServer` this client contacts the authenticated server with a simple 
 message.
 
 [`utils.go`](utils.go) contains utility functions for running the program. In this case,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ go build -o server .
 This will initialize the server. You may verify its functionality by checking
 the `server.log`file. It is a long-running process which may be
 stopped by a user inputted kill signal. This will create a file
-`connectServer.xxc`, which is the contat file for the server. A connection
+`connectServer.xxc`, which is the contact file for the server. A connection
 client may parse this file in order to send a request to this server.
 
 ### Building a Client
diff --git a/connectServer/README.md b/connectServer/README.md
index e1dbaa09d13c2b7bf27dff8ff1cb450a0b76d90c..ee128194f1b62db80cdeae6b086ca2a8fe1eb8e6 100644
--- a/connectServer/README.md
+++ b/connectServer/README.md
@@ -4,26 +4,26 @@ This mini-respository contains the example logic for running a basic connection
 server. This is provided by the xx network team as a springboard
 to help consumers better understand our API and how it may be used.
 
-[`main.go`](main.go) contains the crux of the logic. We avoid complicating our example by
-avoiding the usage of CLI flags for basic variables you may change in the code.
-This file initiates an xxdk E2E object. With that client established, a 
+[`main.go`](main.go) contains the crux of the logic. We avoid complicating our example
+by avoiding the usage of CLI flags for basic variables you may change in the code.
+This file initiates an xxdk cMix object. With that client established, a 
 connection server is built on top. This program creates contact file 
 `connectServer.xxc` which may be used by a client to contact the server.
 
-[`utils.go`](utils.go) contains utility functions for running the program. In this case,
-we provide a tool initializing a log. It also contains a utility to write the
+[`utils.go`](utils.go) contains utility functions for running the program. In this
+case, we provide a tool initializing a log. It also contains a utility to write the
 contact file to disk. 
 
-[`listener.go`](listener.go) contains logic for handling the reception of a message via the
-established connection. In this example, it is very basic. We invite consumers
-to use this as a basis to implement more complex message listeners.
+[`listener.go`](listener.go) contains logic for handling the reception of a message 
+via the established connection. In this example, it is very basic. We invite
+consumers to use this as a basis to implement more complex message listeners.
 
 ## Build Instructions
 
 In these instructions we will go over building a connection server using our
 example. This will not include instructions on running a client which 
 establishes a connection. That documentation may be found in the [`README.md` for
-`connectClient`.](../connectClient/README.md)
+`connectClient`.](../connectClient/README.md).
 
 In order to run a server, the following commands may be run:
 
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ This will initialize the server. You may verify its functionality by checking
 the `server.log` file. It is a long-running process which may be stopped by a
 user inputted kill signal. This will create a file `connectServer.xxc`, which is
 the contact file for the server. A connection client may parse this file in 
-order to send a request to this server.  
\ No newline at end of file
+order to establish a connection with this server.  
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/connectServer/go.mod b/connectServer/go.mod
index cf0890de4580eb0d6c128a90930d62d25a8da6a4..ca5abddd3a3ae5da084150d084cd8bd4e50aa524 100644
--- a/connectServer/go.mod
+++ b/connectServer/go.mod
@@ -4,38 +4,24 @@ go 1.17
 
 require (
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713180547-ea5799609008
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713213756-95ed0fc8e7cf
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220606201132-c370d5039cea
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220712193914-aebd8544396e
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/andres-erbsen/clock v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129 // indirect
 	github.com/badoux/checkmail v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/cloudflare/circl v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/elliotchance/orderedmap v1.4.0 // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 // indirect
 	github.com/golang-collections/collections v0.0.0-20130729185459-604e922904d3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
-	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/go-homedir v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/nfnt/resize v0.0.0-20180221191011-83c6a9932646 // indirect
-	github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	github.com/skip2/go-qrcode v0.0.0-20200617195104-da1b6568686e // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/afero v1.5.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1 // indirect
-	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ttacon/builder v0.0.0-20170518171403-c099f663e1c2 // indirect
 	github.com/ttacon/libphonenumber v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/tyler-smith/go-bip39 v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/zeebo/blake3 v0.1.1 // indirect
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f // indirect
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326 // indirect
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/ekv v0.1.7 // indirect
@@ -43,7 +29,6 @@ require (
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/comms v0.0.4-0.20220630163702-f3d372ef6acd // indirect
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/crypto v0.0.5-0.20220606200528-3f886fe49e81 // indirect
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/ring v0.0.3-0.20220222211904-da613960ad93 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220128200615-198e4374d7ed // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20211007075335-d3039528d8ac // indirect
@@ -51,6 +36,4 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20210105202744-fe13368bc0e1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.42.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.27.1 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/connectServer/go.sum b/connectServer/go.sum
index e2430aa59a06b9b828179e493c49902f1b087001..6a82992292f338bd61f7a4aebc035b00ae9b415c 100644
--- a/connectServer/go.sum
+++ b/connectServer/go.sum
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym
 github.com/OneOfOne/xxhash v1.2.2/go.mod h1:HSdplMjZKSmBqAxg5vPj2TmRDmfkzw+cTzAElWljhcU=
 github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20160405071501-a0175ee3bccc/go.mod h1:LOuyumcjzFXgccqObfd/Ljyb9UuFJ6TxHnclSeseNhc=
 github.com/alecthomas/units v0.0.0-20151022065526-2efee857e7cf/go.mod h1:ybxpYRFXyAe+OPACYpWeL0wqObRcbAqCMya13uyzqw0=
-github.com/andres-erbsen/clock v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129 h1:MzBOUgng9orim59UnfUTLRjMpd09C5uEVQ6RPGeCaVI=
 github.com/andres-erbsen/clock v0.0.0-20160526145045-9e14626cd129/go.mod h1:rFgpPQZYZ8vdbc+48xibu8ALc3yeyd64IhHS+PU6Yyg=
 github.com/antihax/optional v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uupD/76wgC+ih3iEmQUL+0Ugr19nfwCT1kdvxnR2qWY=
 github.com/armon/circbuf v0.0.0-20150827004946-bbbad097214e/go.mod h1:3U/XgcO3hCbHZ8TKRvWD2dDTCfh9M9ya+I9JpbB7O8o=
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane v0.9.10-0.20210907150352-cf90f659a021/go.
 github.com/envoyproxy/protoc-gen-validate v0.1.0/go.mod h1:iSmxcyjqTsJpI2R4NaDN7+kN2VEUnK/pcBlmesArF7c=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.7/go.mod h1:jwhsz4b93w/PPRr/qN1Yymfu8t87LnFCMoQvtojpjFo=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 h1:hsms1Qyu0jgnwNXIxa+/V/PDsU6CfLf6CNO8H7IWoS4=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9/go.mod h1:znqG4EE+3YCdAaPaxE2ZRY/06pZUdp0tY4IgpuI1SZQ=
 github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0/go.mod h1:4dBDuWmgqj2HViK6kFavaiC9ZROes6MMH2rRYeMEF04=
 github.com/go-gl/glfw v0.0.0-20190409004039-e6da0acd62b1/go.mod h1:vR7hzQXu2zJy9AVAgeJqvqgH9Q5CA+iKCZ2gyEVpxRU=
@@ -134,13 +132,11 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:6SBZvOh/SIDV7/2o3Jml5SYk/TvGqwFJ/b
 github.com/hashicorp/go.net v0.0.1/go.mod h1:hjKkEWcCURg++eb33jQU7oqQcI9XDCnUzHA0oac0k90=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
-github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0/go.mod h1:E5yfLk+7swimpb2L/Alb/PJmXilQ/rhwaUYs4T20WEQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO+LraFDTW64=
 github.com/hashicorp/mdns v1.0.0/go.mod h1:tL+uN++7HEJ6SQLQ2/p+z2pH24WQKWjBPkE0mNTz8vQ=
 github.com/hashicorp/memberlist v0.1.3/go.mod h1:ajVTdAv/9Im8oMAAj5G31PhhMCZJV2pPBoIllUwCN7I=
 github.com/hashicorp/serf v0.8.2/go.mod h1:6hOLApaqBFA1NXqRQAsxw9QxuDEvNxSQRwA/JwenrHc=
-github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0/go.mod h1:Ii8DK3G1RaLaWxj9trq07+26W01tbo22gdxWY5EU2bo=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
@@ -160,7 +156,6 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/liyue201/goqr v0.0.0-20200803022322-df443203d4ea h1:uyJ13zfy6l79CM3HnVhDalIyZ4RJAyVfDrbnfFeJoC4=
 github.com/liyue201/goqr v0.0.0-20200803022322-df443203d4ea/go.mod h1:w4pGU9PkiX2hAWyF0yuHEHmYTQFAd6WHzp6+IY7JVjE=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.1/go.mod h1:PppfXfuXeibc/6YijjN8zIbojt8czPbwD3XqdrwzmxQ=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4 h1:8KGKTcQQGm0Kv7vEbKFErAoAOFyyacLStRtQSeYtvkY=
 github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.4/go.mod h1:y3VJvCyxH9uVvJTWEGAELF3aiYNyPKd5NZ3oSwXrF60=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9/go.mod h1:9vuHe8Xs5qXnSaW/c/ABM9alt+Vo+STaOChaDxuIBZU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
@@ -175,7 +170,6 @@ github.com/mitchellh/gox v0.4.0/go.mod h1:Sd9lOJ0+aimLBi73mGofS1ycjY8lL3uZM3JPS4
 github.com/mitchellh/iochan v1.0.0/go.mod h1:JwYml1nuB7xOzsp52dPpHFffvOCDupsG0QubkSMEySY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v0.0.0-20160808181253-ca63d7c062ee/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.1.2/go.mod h1:FVVH3fgwuzCH5S8UJGiWEs2h04kUh9fWfEaFds41c1Y=
-github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.0 h1:7ks8ZkOP5/ujthUsT07rNv+nkLXCQWKNHuwzOAesEks=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.4.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
@@ -186,7 +180,6 @@ github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e/go.mod h1:zD1mROLA
 github.com/oklog/ulid v1.3.1/go.mod h1:CirwcVhetQ6Lv90oh/F+FBtV6XMibvdAFo93nm5qn4U=
 github.com/pascaldekloe/goe v0.0.0-20180627143212-57f6aae5913c/go.mod h1:lzWF7FIEvWOWxwDKqyGYQf6ZUaNfKdP144TG7ZOy1lc=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.2.0/go.mod h1:5z9KED0ma1S8pY6P1sdut58dfprrGBbd/94hg7ilaic=
-github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1 h1:1Nf83orprkJyknT6h7zbuEGUEjcyVlCxSUGTENmNCRM=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml v1.8.1/go.mod h1:T2/BmBdy8dvIRq1a/8aqjN41wvWlN4lrapLU/GW4pbc=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
@@ -222,21 +215,16 @@ github.com/smartystreets/goconvey v1.6.4/go.mod h1:syvi0/a8iFYH4r/RixwvyeAJjdLS9
 github.com/soheilhy/cmux v0.1.4/go.mod h1:IM3LyeVVIOuxMH7sFAkER9+bJ4dT7Ms6E4xg4kGIyLM=
 github.com/spaolacci/murmur3 v0.0.0-20180118202830-f09979ecbc72/go.mod h1:JwIasOWyU6f++ZhiEuf87xNszmSA2myDM2Kzu9HwQUA=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.1.2/go.mod h1:j4pytiNVoe2o6bmDsKpLACNPDBIoEAkihy7loJ1B0CQ=
-github.com/spf13/afero v1.5.1 h1:VHu76Lk0LSP1x254maIu2bplkWpfBWI+B+6fdoZprcg=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.5.1/go.mod h1:Ai8FlHk4v/PARR026UzYexafAt9roJ7LcLMAmO6Z93I=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
-github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1 h1:nFm6S0SMdyzrzcmThSipiEubIDy8WEXKNZ0UOgiRpng=
 github.com/spf13/cast v1.3.1/go.mod h1:Qx5cxh0v+4UWYiBimWS+eyWzqEqokIECu5etghLkUJE=
-github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1 h1:KfztREH0tPxJJ+geloSLaAkaPkr4ki2Er5quFV1TDo4=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.1/go.mod h1:WnodtKOvamDL/PwE2M4iKs8aMDBZ5Q5klgD3qfVJQMI=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.0.0/go.mod h1:cQK4TGJAtQXfYWX+Ddv3mKDzgVb68N+wFjFa4jdeBTo=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0 h1:ue6voC5bR5F8YxI5S67j9i582FU4Qvo2bmqnqMYADFk=
 github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0/go.mod h1:aNWZUN0dPAAO/Ljvb5BEdw96iTZ0EXowPYD95IqWIGo=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
-github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.0/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
-github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1 h1:pM5oEahlgWv/WnHXpgbKz7iLIxRf65tye2Ci+XFK5sk=
 github.com/spf13/viper v1.7.1/go.mod h1:8WkrPz2fc9jxqZNCJI/76HCieCp4Q8HaLFoCha5qpdg=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
@@ -247,7 +235,6 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0 h1:Slr1R9HxAlEKefgq5jn9U+DnETlIUa6HfgEzj0g5d7s=
 github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.2.0/go.mod h1:N0PQaV/YGNqwC0u51sEeR/aUtSLEXKX9iv69rRypqCw=
 github.com/tmc/grpc-websocket-proxy v0.0.0-20190109142713-0ad062ec5ee5/go.mod h1:ncp9v5uamzpCO7NfCPTXjqaC+bZgJeR0sMTm6dMHP7U=
 github.com/ttacon/builder v0.0.0-20170518171403-c099f663e1c2 h1:5u+EJUQiosu3JFX0XS0qTf5FznsMOzTjGqavBGuCbo0=
@@ -266,10 +253,8 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v0.0.0-20181207190024-3cdc6b625a05/go.mod h1:Gr+78ptB0MwXxm
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f h1:yXGvNBqzZwAhDYlSnxPRbgor6JWoOt1Z7s3z1O9JR40=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220707193810-ed09e1277c6d h1:MxseLDnuqGkrnlDDzlH7AYlfm6qPDfy2wf2Qlt4AZbQ=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220707193810-ed09e1277c6d/go.mod h1:GCevkp2aa+vpIsSrlF/HsRlTjf107jgCglZ/0JKqW7E=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713180547-ea5799609008 h1:JLqKHu6xz3XQlI0xRhVd9P2sA4mVyDeM3/23oFJD9MA=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713180547-ea5799609008/go.mod h1:dRCeFJrIj5zuxSfcnsAYOCodyPrKVparJUREBIWKRcw=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713213756-95ed0fc8e7cf h1:mt92NfMLwhOharsKlN2dZE3NTPwBgOC4IchdtZjcfhQ=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713213756-95ed0fc8e7cf/go.mod h1:dRCeFJrIj5zuxSfcnsAYOCodyPrKVparJUREBIWKRcw=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326 h1:Zid8oNHtbOqF6ebrcGIccvIMabFNGh9dzY1b7mgIcF0=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326/go.mod h1:tlHSrtSliKWUxsck8z/Ql/VJkMdSONV2BeWaUAAXzgk=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=
@@ -303,7 +288,6 @@ gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.2/go.mod h1:cs0QlFpdMDI6lAo61lDRH2JZz+3aVk
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220222211843-901fa4a2d72b/go.mod h1:9imZHvYwNFobxueSvVtHneZLk9wTK7HQTzxPm+zhFhE=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220317172007-4d2a53e6e669/go.mod h1:AXVVFt7dDAeIUpOGPiStCcUIKsBXLWbmV/BgZ4T+tOo=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220324193139-b292d1ae6e7e/go.mod h1:AXVVFt7dDAeIUpOGPiStCcUIKsBXLWbmV/BgZ4T+tOo=
-gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220630163313-7890038258c6 h1:3It6ILDHn/9J/Oi7MfMjkidKPe7vbFCy5JQtXx8EfYM=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220630163313-7890038258c6/go.mod h1:AXVVFt7dDAeIUpOGPiStCcUIKsBXLWbmV/BgZ4T+tOo=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220712193914-aebd8544396e h1:zRRo/v3KUo3MtpjNJaB03LR+Zi2g1afYF8yKWl1t19o=
 gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220712193914-aebd8544396e/go.mod h1:AXVVFt7dDAeIUpOGPiStCcUIKsBXLWbmV/BgZ4T+tOo=
@@ -316,7 +300,6 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/proto/otlp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:PqfVotwruBrMGOCsRd/89rSnXhoiJIqe
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.4.0/go.mod h1:gD2HeocX3+yG+ygLZcrzQJaqmWj9AIm7n08wl/qW/PE=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.7.0/go.mod h1:fEN4uk6kAWBTFdckzkM89CLk9XfWZrxpCo0nPH17wJc=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
-go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0 h1:UQE2Bgi7p2B85uP5dC2bbRtig0C+OeNRnNEafLjsLPA=
 go.uber.org/ratelimit v0.2.0/go.mod h1:YYBV4e4naJvhpitQrWJu1vCpgB7CboMe0qhltKt6mUg=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.10.0/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
@@ -496,7 +479,6 @@ gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
 gopkg.in/errgo.v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:hNsd1EY+bozCKY1Ytp96fpM3vjJbqLJn88ws8XvfDNI=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.51.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
-gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0 h1:duBzk771uxoUuOlyRLkHsygud9+5lrlGjdFBb4mSKDU=
 gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.62.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/resty.v1 v1.12.0/go.mod h1:mDo4pnntr5jdWRML875a/NmxYqAlA73dVijT2AXvQQo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.0.0-20170812160011-eb3733d160e7/go.mod h1:JAlM8MvJe8wmxCU4Bli9HhUf9+ttbYbLASfIpnQbh74=
@@ -506,7 +488,6 @@ gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.3/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.4/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.8/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0 h1:D8xgwECY7CYvx+Y2n4sBz93Jn9JRvxdiyyo8CTfuKaY=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:RDklbk79AGWmwhnvt/jBztapEOGDOx6ZbXqjP6csGnQ=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200615113413-eeeca48fe776 h1:tQIYjPdBoyREyB9XMu+nnTclpTYkz2zFM+lzLJFO4gQ=
diff --git a/connectServer/main.go b/connectServer/main.go
index eb1e4316d98a6c84c1f1fe329cf64ba45a5df0fb..e99f21cf5b469e8c05c0ae277b7389c61c6e8197 100644
--- a/connectServer/main.go
+++ b/connectServer/main.go
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ func main() {
 	certificatePath := "../mainnet.crt"
 	ndfPath := "ndf.json"
 
+	// High level parameters for the network
+	e2eParams := xxdk.GetDefaultE2EParams()
+	connectionListParams := connect.DefaultConnectionListParams()
+
 	// Check if state exists
 	if _, err := os.Stat(statePath); errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist) {
 
@@ -96,7 +100,6 @@ func main() {
 	writeContact(contactFilePath, identity.GetContact())
 
 	// Handle incoming connections---------------------------------------------
-	e2eParams := xxdk.GetDefaultE2EParams()
 
 	// Create callback for incoming connections
 	cb := func(connection connect.Connection) {
@@ -125,7 +128,6 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Start the connection server, which will allow clients to start
 	//connections with you
-	connectionListParams := connect.DefaultConnectionListParams()
 	connectServer, err := connect.StartServer(
 		identity, cb, net, e2eParams, connectionListParams)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Set networkFollowerTimeout to a value of your choice (seconds)
 	networkFollowerTimeout := 5 * time.Second
-	err = connectServer.Messenger.StartNetworkFollower(networkFollowerTimeout)
+	err = connectServer.E2e.StartNetworkFollower(networkFollowerTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		jww.FATAL.Panicf("Failed to start network follower: %+v", err)
 	}
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ func main() {
 	connected := make(chan bool, 10)
 	// Provide a callback that will be signalled when network health
 	// status changes
-	connectServer.Messenger.GetCmix().AddHealthCallback(
+	connectServer.E2e.GetCmix().AddHealthCallback(
 		func(isConnected bool) {
 			connected <- isConnected
 		})
@@ -176,7 +178,7 @@ func main() {
 	signal.Notify(c, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
 	<-c
 
-	err = connectServer.Messenger.StopNetworkFollower()
+	err = connectServer.E2e.StopNetworkFollower()
 	if err != nil {
 		jww.ERROR.Printf("Failed to stop network follower: %+v", err)
 	} else {
diff --git a/connectServer/server b/connectServer/server
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..049d6d9097a7cfd41eb4ed3bd9656f3a5f1396fc
Binary files /dev/null and b/connectServer/server differ
diff --git a/restConnectServer/README.md b/restConnectServer/README.md
index f9a9e08ffb241f4447bcf26e995116d6c3e41fd7..bff6792a8c200884a3d1423c1703544123fbae37 100644
--- a/restConnectServer/README.md
+++ b/restConnectServer/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ endpoints with various request handling may be put here.
 In these instructions we will go over building a REST-like server using our
 example. This will not include instructions on running a client which sends
 requests. That documentation may be found in the [README.md for
-`restConnectClient`.](../restConnectClient/README.md)
+`restConnectClient`.](../restConnectClient/README.md).
 
 In order to run a server, the following commands may be run:
 
diff --git a/restConnectServer/go.mod b/restConnectServer/go.mod
index 3b77bcd478905a155ed9b89a7ba5f4019a8ced40..1734b842526523e3dbe20a625a4cc1ff9147773e 100644
--- a/restConnectServer/go.mod
+++ b/restConnectServer/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.17
 require (
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/spf13/jwalterweatherman v1.1.0
-	gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713180547-ea5799609008
+	gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713213756-95ed0fc8e7cf
 	gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.7-0.20220606201132-c370d5039cea
 	gitlab.com/xx_network/primitives v0.0.4-0.20220712193914-aebd8544396e
 )
diff --git a/restConnectServer/go.sum b/restConnectServer/go.sum
index cf3620f1da6eae43c6f8215f1145b59a99979b27..6a82992292f338bd61f7a4aebc035b00ae9b415c 100644
--- a/restConnectServer/go.sum
+++ b/restConnectServer/go.sum
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ github.com/zeebo/pcg v0.0.0-20181207190024-3cdc6b625a05/go.mod h1:Gr+78ptB0MwXxm
 github.com/zeebo/pcg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:09F0S9iiKrwn9rlI5yjLkmrug154/YRW6KnnXVDM/l4=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f h1:yXGvNBqzZwAhDYlSnxPRbgor6JWoOt1Z7s3z1O9JR40=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/bloomfilter v0.0.0-20211222005329-7d931ceead6f/go.mod h1:H6jztdm0k+wEV2QGK/KYA+MY9nj9Zzatux/qIvDDv3k=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713180547-ea5799609008 h1:JLqKHu6xz3XQlI0xRhVd9P2sA4mVyDeM3/23oFJD9MA=
-gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713180547-ea5799609008/go.mod h1:dRCeFJrIj5zuxSfcnsAYOCodyPrKVparJUREBIWKRcw=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713213756-95ed0fc8e7cf h1:mt92NfMLwhOharsKlN2dZE3NTPwBgOC4IchdtZjcfhQ=
+gitlab.com/elixxir/client v1.5.1-0.20220713213756-95ed0fc8e7cf/go.mod h1:dRCeFJrIj5zuxSfcnsAYOCodyPrKVparJUREBIWKRcw=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326 h1:Zid8oNHtbOqF6ebrcGIccvIMabFNGh9dzY1b7mgIcF0=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/comms v0.0.4-0.20220603231314-e47e4af13326/go.mod h1:tlHSrtSliKWUxsck8z/Ql/VJkMdSONV2BeWaUAAXzgk=
 gitlab.com/elixxir/crypto v0.0.0-20200804182833-984246dea2c4/go.mod h1:ucm9SFKJo+K0N2GwRRpaNr+tKXMIOVWzmyUD0SbOu2c=
diff --git a/restConnectServer/main.go b/restConnectServer/main.go
index 5c4e7db09678a88c2795c9885897d7f278846f78..48beb539f1634ac77a56977a37248b37c9991298 100644
--- a/restConnectServer/main.go
+++ b/restConnectServer/main.go
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// Set networkFollowerTimeout to a value of your choice (seconds)
 	networkFollowerTimeout := 5 * time.Second
-	err = restlikeServer.ConnectServer.Messenger.
+	err = restlikeServer.ConnectServer.E2e.
 		StartNetworkFollower(networkFollowerTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		jww.FATAL.Panicf("Failed to start network follower: %+v", err)
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func main() {
 	connected := make(chan bool, 10)
 	// Provide a callback that will be signalled when network
 	// health status changes
-	restlikeServer.ConnectServer.Messenger.
+	restlikeServer.ConnectServer.E2e.
 		GetCmix().AddHealthCallback(
 		func(isConnected bool) {
 			connected <- isConnected
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func main() {
 	jww.DEBUG.Printf("Waiting for SIGTERM signal to close process")
 	<-c
 
-	err = restlikeServer.ConnectServer.Messenger.
+	err = restlikeServer.ConnectServer.E2e.
 		StopNetworkFollower()
 	if err != nil {
 		jww.ERROR.Printf("Failed to stop network follower: %+v", err)