Hal writes: > I'm not sure node discovery is that big a problem in the long run. > Eventually most nodes will be up most of the time, the network will be > mature, and nodes will have the addresses of many other nodes. There will > always be a small fraction of nodes that are new, but I don't see any > reason to accelerate their acquisitio of other node addresses. > > Unless you think for some reason that in a mature Freenet, a large > fraction of the nodes at any given time will be new, node discovery > should pretty much take care of itself.
I agree with this. It should be desirable to not have new nodes integrated into an existing freenet too quickly. Nodes should have to demonstrate their ability to stick around for a while before becoming well known nodes. Alternatively, a node can speed up its incorporation into the freenet by issuing lots of inserts. Assuming most ISPs will want to operate a freenet node as they currently do with usenet servers, ISPs will provide the address of their node to their clients so clients will know at least one freenet node. This is all they should need to get started. Chris. _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
