Nick Tarleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Thursday 24 July 2003 10:17 pm, Scott Young wrote:
> > Another possible correlation might be in file size.  High bandwidth
> > nodes would be good at transferring large files, but low bandwidth low
> > latency nodes would be like express lanes for small files.  With the new
> > CHK specification, the file size could be used as a variable to learn
> > with in the routing and data deletion algorithms.

Just a note: the CHK specs haven't changed, it's just been made
publicly available that CHKs have a size byte.  They've always had it.

> Actually, to nitpick, this would have nothing to do with the CHK 
> specification. Nodes only know the routing keys, which are the hashes of the 
> CHK/SSK/KSK. Still, a node can determine the key size directly.
> I would love to see this, as it would mean I (on dialup) could become a useful 
> permanent node.

The routing keys are derived from the CHK/SSK/KSK, but it's not quite
just the hash.  in the case of KSK, it's a double hash, plus some
stuff[1].  For CHKs, the part before the , in the key _is_ the routing
key.  If you really wanted to know for SSKs, it's Hash(Hash(pubkey) +
docname) plus some stuff.

In any case, you'd be _for_ having nodes only traffic in small keys?
That's an interesting idea.

Thelema
[1] stuff = log2 size and a key type identifier
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