On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 10:49:18PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 04:24:57PM -0400, Tavin Cole wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 10:08:12PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:58:22AM -0700, Scott Miller wrote:
> 
> > > > > > I agree that it may be too strong.  Perhaps you should drop it if it
> > > > > > exceeds some percentage of the total number of refs.  I do like the
> > > > > > 'deleting from the top end' though.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Et tu Brute!
> > > > Come on, you have to admit its an interesting solution to both traffic
> > > > balancing and the ubernode problem.  It might also shake up the system a
> > > > little by causing entrenched nodes to re-evaluate the routes by having
> > > > to find alternate routes for keys going to the most popular route in
> > > > their datastore.
> > > 
> > > The percentage thing is too arbitrary, it rubs me the wrong way.
> > > 
> > > My reaction, though, was to both of you presenting these as solutions to
> > > the honest cancer issue, given the first rule.
> > 
> > Oh, come on.  This is not about "distrusting" a node...
> 
> If you use it as a way to keep a node from fucking with you, then yes it
> is.

Naah, this is simply about preventing any node in your routing table
from having more references than the other nodes.  Which is why I
still don't think it's overly strong.  Particularly because I value
the "shaking up" effect Scott noted.

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# tavin cole
#
# "Technology is a way of organizing the universe so that
# man doesn't have to experience it."
#
#        - Max Frisch


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