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On Monday 09 December 2002 10:29 am, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> Oskar has just about convinced me that the backoff code makes no sense,
> and is a hangover from the 0.4 overload problems, which were resolved
> eventually by a set of bug fixes rather than by better load handling.
> I propose that we use pure CPs.
[snip]
> As part of this strategy, we would also remove the failure intervals
> code, and the 7-times-rule, so that nodes are never removed from the
> routing table, only replaced by superior ones.
>
> The idea here is to make the network more dynamic. We need to make it
> possible for every user of freenet not behind a NAT to run a node useful
> to the network.

On a quick glance, I can agree with this.
And you're right, it should remove cases of dread ref eating syndrome of all 
kinds, but especially those related to not-quite-permanent perm nodes, and 
overload conditions.

I like it, and I'd like to see it tried. Do you intend to test it with the 
unstable nodes on the current network, or are there more evil plans in store?

- --hobbs
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