Eric Rescorla wrote: >> -A node's attempt to join as a peer may be defered by a peer because >> it has not been up for certain time. The peer can then ask the node to >> join as a client. > > I don't see the point of either the peer refusing to let you join > as a peer or asking you to join as one. The client knows its > own properties better than the peer does and the peer has no > special standing--it just happens to ahve a peer-id > close that of the client.
A reason for allowing only some of the /best nodes/ to join the DHT is to keep search delay as well as churn and maintenance traffic low. Such an approach seems successful, at least for Skype. -- Ciao, Enrico
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