[freenet-dev] FCP FEC Proposal -- in message body

2002-09-17 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
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[freenet-dev] FCP FEC Proposal -- in message body

2002-09-17 Thread Edgar Friendly
Robert Bihlmeyer writes: > I'd really like to see a FEC algorithm that uses differently-sized > checkblocks, and the benefits that this algorithm actually buys us. > Until then I'm going to believe that this is just an > overgeneralisation. > I agree with you that it's not needed. > Sounds good

[freenet-dev] Keys without PAgM? / other misc stuff

2002-09-17 Thread fish
Are keys without PAgM valid? I added auto checking for it because I got several support complaints where people had cut it off their keys, and now I've gotten an email from someone saying their key shouldn't have it - so, should it? I'm going to add support for the new FEC file format on thursda

Re: [freenet-dev] FCP FEC Proposal -- in message body

2002-09-17 Thread Edgar Friendly
Robert Bihlmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd really like to see a FEC algorithm that uses differently-sized > checkblocks, and the benefits that this algorithm actually buys us. > Until then I'm going to believe that this is just an > overgeneralisation. > I agree with you that it's not ne

Re: [freenet-dev] FCP FEC Proposal -- in message body

2002-09-17 Thread Robert Bihlmeyer
Edgar Friendly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Having check blocks smaller than data blocks means that to correct one > missing key, you're going to have to retrieve more than one check > block. And if the check blocks are bigger... well, I guess you lose > most of the advantages of splitfiles; m

[freenet-dev] Keys without PAgM? / other misc stuff

2002-09-17 Thread fish
Are keys without PAgM valid? I added auto checking for it because I got several support complaints where people had cut it off their keys, and now I've gotten an email from someone saying their key shouldn't have it - so, should it? I'm going to add support for the new FEC file format on thursd