I know that I'm not very good at understanding the ramifications, but
I think that it is possible to develop an opennet style node-growth,
while maintaining a darknet style routing system.
A third party tool- either a Plugin to freenet, or an entirely
separate app- Could load up a USK that has it's private key posted in
the first edition.
The tool could then post both it's noderef, and a random number, to
the newest edition of the site.
After posting, it could add the noderefs of the nodes to X (3?)
degrees on either side of it, as well as the noderef of a node that
posted a random number within X of it's own.
For example- 10 nodes- (Noderefs have been replaced with random
letters for ease of reading)
Node 1 - Noderef = AAAAA Random number = 234
Node 2 - Noderef = BBBBB Random number = 986
Node 3 - Noderef = CCCCC Random number = 301
Node 4 - Noderef = DDDDD Random number = 120
Node 5 - Noderef = EEEEE Random number = 021
Node 6 - Noderef = FFFFFF Random number = 018
Node 7 - Noderef = GGGGG Random number = 216
Node 8 - Noderef = HHHHH Random number = 314
Node 9 - Noderef = JJJJJ Random number = 668
Node 10 - Noderef = KKKKK Random number = 992
When node 10 was added, it would add node's 8 and 9 to itself, since
they are close by. It will also be willing to add node 11 and 12,
when they are posted.
Node 10 ALSO adds a connection to Node 2, since Node 2 has a Random
number that is within Y points of its' own random number.
What this does is give us a style of connections Exactly like the
desired set- The nodes are mostly clustered around one another, there
is some overlap, since the numbers slowly scale up, and there are a
few random links, to join together outlying segments of the network..
It also works entirely within existing freenet architecture. It
doesn't require any new key types, pre-mix routing, or substantial code.
This system would require that people are already connected to
freenet with at least one or two nodes before it would work, but it
allows their number of connections to grow up to the desired number
correctly.
Additionally, the one or two nodes that the node got before it could
start gaining new nodes via this system would help to spread "far
links".
I think a system similar to this one could work. Thoughts?
-Colin
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