On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 09:42:41PM -0500, Tom Kaitchuck wrote:
> Huh? re-retrieval? Even if we are not the originator of a request and one node
> returns Data not found, we try another, correct? Well if it finds the data, 
> then the data obviously exists.
No, DNF means 'game over, please try again'. Having every node along
the way branch out would put a lot more stress on the network and make
requests take a lot longer to complete.

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