On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:17:10AM -0600, Edgar Friendly wrote: > Ken Corson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I say datastore specialization doesn't cause anything because it > doesn't affect the routing table (they're both affected by successful > requests at the same time). And since nodes don't route to you > because you might have the data, but they route because you are closer > to where the data is kept, the contents of your store are irrelevant > for other nodes' routing tables (this is less true for NGRouting which > will place more weight on the quicker response caused by cached data, > but looking at it from the abstract, is still true). > > Caching data is just an optimization designed to cut down the work on > the network by having repeated requests travel shorter distances.
Caching is also vital for plausible deniability. And it means there is no source node - improving anonymity and attack resistance. > > Thelema -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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