-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > Far off, certainly, but not that obscure: the primary use I can see is > to simply optimize Send.Data messages sent to multiple requestors. This > might be used, for example, for a streaming video show that comes out > once a week at a fixed time. The nodes receiving requests for it can > batch up requests and multicast them. As it happens, if you break up a > large file like this into chunks and lots of people request chunks, you > get a bit of multicasting on the cheap naturally from existing Freenet > protocol (at least it's a lot better than the web), but using "true" > multicasting is even better.
I have some serious reservations about using multicast. Sending this request out to multiple nodes circumvents the routing system we currently have in place. Yes you may get a response back faster, but the localization of the caching system breaks, and the anonymity breaks, because you aren't hiding behind hops any more. Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE5B6zApXyM95IyRhURAih+AKCy+pXfU02w0aEjhBRN8Z0S7zmcfACfQJ8M 1hVFFiu1TDozbf7Rrz6/rrc= =uDQv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
