On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 11:48:28AM -0700, Mr. Bad wrote: > IC> Because it is unhealthy for a node to almost exclusively rely > IC> on one other node in the network. > I agree, but I also think this is a problem that corrects itself.
That would certainly be nice, I guess I have become hyper-sensitive to potential issues such as this. Is there any *evidence* that this is the case? > I agree, but I also think that you do your architecture a > disservice. Given time, it is remarkably adaptive. In my sexperience, > nodes tend to "settle"* into a healthy routing table within a week or > so. > > I guess I'm concerned that linear meddling in the non-linear process > will only make the settling mechanism less robust. Me too, which is why I am generally resistent to suggestions to modify the fundamental routing mechanism, particularly vague suggestions. The reality is, however, that current performance is variable. Of course it is not all bad-news. I was pleased to note that the entire "Eternal Dilbert" page was able to download all images listed (there are quite a few). Hopefully probabilistic caching will improve document retention. Ian. -------------- 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/20010619/fe66323b/attachment.pgp>
