Thepapershowsthatanti-entropyprotocolscanprocessonlyalimitedrateofupdates,andproposesandevaluatesanewstatereconciliationmechanismaswellasaowcontrolschemeforanti-entropyprotocols.CategoriesandSubjectDescriptors:C.2.1[Computer-Com-municationNetworks]:NetworkArchitectureandDesign{networkc