On Sat, Jun 09, 2001 at 02:34:39AM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 03:46:22PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
< > 
> > No, he has a point. When Node A reaches your threshhold for K and allows
> > the next search through, then it will most probably not reset the
> > DataSource on the reply. So it does cause the node to get queried less for
> > K.
> 
> Well, depends on the semantics of DataSource reset of course, such as whether
> we decide to only cache on DataSource reset.  But with the current model,
> it's true that it could reduce the frequency of requests for that key.  Hard
> to quantify how much.  But wouldn't this be good, since the requests would
> be directed upstream?

Perhaps it could help as a means by which to keep data migratory, which is
something that I value, but the arguments do seem a little fuzzy at this
point.

> Suppose the chance of killing the file were dependent on it's relationship
> to the node's keyspace focus, either as self-analyzed or based on HTL values..

I'm worried about trying to define such things when we lack a proper
mathematical model for the entire network.

-- 
'DeCSS would be fine. Where is it?'
'Here,' Montag touched his head.
'Ah,' Granger smiled and nodded.

Oskar Sandberg
oskar at freenetproject.org

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