>From Michael Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 01:28:26AM +0300, Kalle A. Sandstrom wrote:
>> 1) Node impermanence. The network may be large (I've had 50-HTL requests
>> go unanswered with a timeout - this has to be a sign of *something*...),
>> but if a large percentage of the nodes are run by Napster refugees (i.e.
>> running Windows, a 1-minute attention span, "this sucks! I can't download
>> anything!", kill node), data and references are bound to disappear from
>> the network faster than they appear. I have no solution to this problem;
>> perhaps a larger number of really persistent, well-connected nodes would
>> help.
>
>I think you've hit the nail on the head.
>
>Perhaps instead of encouraging everyone who drops by the Freenet homepage
>to run a node, curious visitors should be encouraged to download a client
>and discover whether Freenet is useful to them. If they find that it is,
>they should be encouraged to run a node and give something back to the
>network, *provided* that they have an OS that doesn't go down every 8
>hours, an ISP that lets them stay connected for more than 2 hours, and a
>high-bandwidth connection.
Nodes marked as transient, and nodes which have not stayed up for 24 hours in
a row, won't be routed to for inserts or requests anyway, so they should not
be a drain on the network. (assuming everything's working as advertised).
--
Benjamin Coates
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