Re: [freenet-devl] Increasing default request HTL to 100

[Ian Clarke]

On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:30:57AM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> No. Messages get lost, and the amount of time before we know something
> is wrong depends on the HTL of the message.

Yes but the current choice of relationship between the time anticipated
for retrieval of a particular message and the HTL is arbitrary.  We know
that the network retrieves information in logarithmic time, but our
decisions as for when to decrement the HTL, and by how much, were
arbitrary.  

> I consider doing this tantamount to giving up...

Don't be so alarmist.

Ian.

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