> here goes. > > One of the problems with dial-up nodes is their dynamic addresses, so > references to them become invalid. I propose that every time a dial-up > node logs on, it inserts a "fake" document into the network, its key is > the average of all the keys stored on the node. It contains no data, just > identifing the transient nodes as it source. Then searches on keys close > to this average key (thus close to documents in the tranisent node) will > be referred to that node. > > The fake document would be inserted in the normal manner, so into nodes > likely to recieve close search requests. > > The fake document could be provided with an expiry time (say six hours) > after which it would be deleted, so nodes aren't clogged with fake > references.
Yeah, the 'insert some record indicating my IP' proposal has surfaced a couple of times in various forms. In general its as hard as an update problem, only worse, since the information in the document lasts for only a very short time, so unlike most of the update proposals, it *may* not be very sucessful. I'm by no means calling it dead, though. Other thoughts? Scott -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000807/d9053471/attachment.pgp>
