This is how it should've been done. Like a war game (at least,as depicted in movies like Periscope Down), the organizers of the study and the project maintainer

This is how it should've been done. Like a war game (at least,as depicted in movies like Periscope Down), the organizers of the study and the project maintainers need to agree on (and be aware of!) bounds of the study, without necessarily knowing all of the details.