"David McNab" <david at rebirthing.co.nz> writes: > I've got a dilemna with client design: > > I've seen lots of cases where newer inserted keys?can't be found by others > unless they use ridiculously high HTLs. > > Which brings me to?a question: > > In order for a client to be useful, there needs to be a high (90%+) > success rate with retrieving previously inserted keys. > > I can see?two ways to go: > > 1) "Push hard" - the client inserts keys with high HTLs, and takes > forever, but the keys can be retrieved by others quickly and with > low HTLs. > > or > > 2) "Suck hard" - the client inserts keys with modest HTLs, but > requests?keys with very high HTLs - insertion would be quick, but > retrieval would take ages. > > Anyone got any thoughts on which strategy?is best in the bigger view > of things?
In general, I think there will be more people requesting things from Freenet than inserting anything. So if it comes down to a choice between these options, "push hard" is probably the way to go. "Suck hard" will probably cause Freenet to do exactly that. -S k _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl >From - Tue Apr 17 01:41:15 2001 Return-Path: <devl-admin at freenetproject.org>
