Mr . Bad (Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 02:33:24PM -0700):
> >>>>> "m" == moritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> Restarting your node means you re-hit the inform.php, which
> >> means you get 10 more new, fresh
>
> m> not very useful, since you have no associated keys
>
> You know, I prefer when people correct me that they actually know what
> they're talking about.
>
> Think about what you said for a second. If it's true, and new
> addresses added into your data store have no associated keys (so they
> can't be routed to), how do nodes ever get ANY routing information to
> begin with? How do they ever find addresses to connect to? What is the
> use of inform.php or nodes.config at all?
>
>
> The deal is that when your node launches, and reads nodes.config
> and/or inform.php, it actually DOES add key-address pairs to the data
> store. The keys it adds are just the address itself. So, it munges up
> the string "tcp/10.0.1.1:10101" into a big, hairy internal key, and
> then maps that key to the address "tcp/10.0.1.1:10101". That way, you
> have some dummy "seed" keys that can be used for comparison and
> routing.
well, i don't consider this key, since this is almost random. i don't
think it helps you a lot. it's nice when you've nothing else, but
if you already have references, finding nodes through requests should be the
better solution.
--
moritz
kernel panic: hands went berserk and are typeing a lot of useless stuff.
it's recommendet to send the system to few hours of sleep.
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