Re: [freenet-devl] integrating zlib compression into freenet

[Stefan Reich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mr.Bad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This seems like a problem in search of a solution. The stuff that
> needs compressing is already compressed. The stuff that isn't already
> compressed, like HTML files and text files, is small enough that
> compressing it is going to take longer than sending over the wire raw.

Compressing takes longer than sending uncompressed data? You can't be not
serious!

Freenet as a whole has processor ressources in vast excess. If anything, it
has a dearth of bandwidth. So compressing can only improve overall network
performance. (There are _huge_ text files on Freenet - transcripts of whole
books and whatnot.)

Just my 2p,
-Stefan


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