> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Costas Dokolas > Sent: den 4 december 2003 15:31 > To: Discussion of development issues > Subject: RE: Re[2]: [freenet-dev] black hole report > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Niklas Bergh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:03 PM > > To: 'Discussion of development issues' > > Subject: RE: Re[2]: [freenet-dev] black hole report > > > > > > > - What could be the benefits of "routing-only" nodes? (i.e. > > > low storage space, assuming they are on very fast > > > connections) Perhaps extra anonymity for the network? > > > > A big problem here is that data still has to pass through > the routing > > nodes.. Routing nodes has to update their routing table, > right? And in > > order to update their routingtables correctly they have to > verify any > > data sent from their routing destination nodes. Same problem as in > > path folding, there is a need for some kind of alternative > > verification method. > > I don't quite get it... > > You mean that we need to keep transient data in order to > verify the CHK upon d/l completion? (and then some more until > the requesting node receives it, of course)
It is verified on the fly really but you have got it right. > If you mean that, I was under the impression that we use temp > space for that anyway. On the other hand, I'm not dismissing > storage altogether, I only mean that it could be a of a size > enough for this kind of routing. In that respect, we don't > even need a store size limit, just a way to always delete > data after we're done forwarding it. Every single data item that is cached by the (almost) routing-only node will relieve one or more other nodes of sending that particular item. Hence, the more cache on a node, the better for the network, always.. As it is now. What I meant was that the only way a non-storage routing node can be really useful to the network if it allows the requestor and the located datasource to transfer the data directly between themselves.. And that process is as far as I understand called path-folding. But the problem with this is that the routing node still has to verify that the datasource really had the data it said it had in order to reward that node in its rt. Because of that some kind of verification mechanism which doesn't involve access to the actual data has to be conjured up before routing-only nodes can be useful. Clearer now? /N _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
