On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 12:15:48AM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Umm, what? I don't have a clue what you mean by the above paragraph
> (seriously).
You, serious? First time for everything ;-)
When a node forwards a message, it estimates the time required for a
reply based on the HTL of the forwarded message. As far as I am aware,
this calculation is based on guesswork. Your argument against
increasing the HTL was, at least partially, based on your concern that
a larger HTL would result in nodes waiting for ages for a response, yet
this fact is purely a result of the arbitrary decision as to the
relationship between HTL and the time estimate for a response.
There is no evidence that a HTL of 100 is unreasonable, but if such a
HTL would lead to nodes waiting around for ages, then the problem is the
arbitrary calculation, not nescessarily that the HTL is too large.
Ian.
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