On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 01:25:47PM +0200, Oskar Sandberg wrote:
> I think if you need HTL values around 100 on a comparetively small
> network then there is no epicenter topology what so ever.
But if there is a new node being added every 3 minutes (after being up
for 24 consecutive hours), then it is unlikely that the network is
small.
> Theo noted a
> while ago that small world networks allow for pretty good search
> performance without any ordering at all - I think that is the only
> positive effect you are seeing at the moment.
If I recall correctly, Theo did do a comparison between random routing
in a small world network, and Freenet-style directed routing, and
noticed an order-of-magnitude decrease in the number of hops required
for the latter. Now it is possible that this is not working in the
current network, which would beg the question - why not?
Ian.
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