* Evan Daniel <eva...@gmail.com> [2009-03-02 15:41:59]: > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Florent Daignière > <nextg...@freenetproject.org> wrote: > > * Evan Daniel <eva...@gmail.com> [2009-02-27 10:58:19]: > >> I think it would be inappropriate to reduce the connection limit > >> without further testing. > [...] > > Tweaking that code based on one's experience is just plain silly. > > Then it seems we're in agreement. > > Tweaking an emergent system based on hunches is silly. Gathering data > and tweaking based on that data isn't. Individual anecdotes like my > node's performance prove nothing, but can suggest routes for further > investigation. Right now, all I think we know is that the current > system works, and that there is reason to believe improvement is > possible (ie unused available bandwidth). Do you disagree with that > assessment? > > Is there a reason not to investigate this? I'm not wedded to any > particular solution or testing method, and I can think of plenty of > flaws in mine. If you have an improved proposal, by all means say so. >
Yes, they are *good* reasons why we should keep the number of peers constant accross nodes. - makes traffic analysis harder (CBR is good; there is even an argument saying we should pad and send garbage if we have to) - we don't want to go back to the "route and missroute according to load" approach - dynamic systems are often easier to abuse than static ones It has been discussed numerous times already; As far as I am concerned, nothing has changed... We have to accept that we will always have to deal with slow nodes and those are going to determine the speed of the whole network. The only parameter we should change is the height of the "entry fence": how much is the minimal configuration needed to access freenet. Obviously that's some form of elitism... but that's much better than the alternative (creating a dynamic, fragile system which will work well only for *some* people). NextGen$
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