I'm puzzled by the way Freenet behaves when trying to keep a Freesite
alive.
The first time I successfully insert a file at, say, htl=3, I know that
it's been propagated to three other nodes:
insert --> node0 --> node1 --> node2 --> node3
Yes Yes Yes Yes
<-- 'Success'
But when I re-insert it the next day (as part of a DBR site), node0
immediately returns a KeyCollision. Which is fine, but it means that I
have no way of knowing what's happened on other nodes: the file may have
dropped off the rest of the network.
insert --> node0 node1 node2 node3
Yes ??? ??? ???
<-- 'KeyCollision'
Have I misunderstood things, or is this a problem?
There seems to be no way to ensure that my freesite remains propagated
in Freenet: I'm relying on people requesting the site to keep it alive.
I realise that this is part of the philosophy of Freenet - popular
information is easiest to access. But there seems to be a contradiction
between the ability to insert a site with a high htl in the first place,
and the inability to keep it there.
Is there really any point in inserting with an htl other than zero?
regards
Chris
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