I don't usually pipe up I just listen but surely this idea would be of benefit to freenets transient users? I don't know alot about the workings of freenet it's beyond me, but surely something that helps users remain anonymous is a good thing... 24/7 node runners are fine as nodes pass requests backwards and forwards all the time, but from my understanding transient nodes only receive the results of the data that they request, meaning that the requests from a transient node are quite obvious if you are looking for them which in certain area's of the globe that could be classed as a failing of the system.
Pete -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:devl-admin at freenetproject.org]On Behalf Of Ian Clarke Sent: 27 October 2002 19:25 To: devl at freenetproject.org Subject: [freenet-dev] Making better use of transient nodes I see that a number of people are keen to find a way to better-use nodes which may not be up 24/7, but are up a lot. One solution is for each node to maintain some metadata with their reference, basically 24 values, each the probability that they will be online in each hour of the day (relative to GMT). This data could be passed around with the nodes reference, and factored into the contact probability for that node. I assume that many nodes that are not up 24/7, will be up at reasonably predictable hours of the day. Having said that, I am really not sure if this is worth the effort. Ian. -- Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ _______________________________________________ devl mailing list devl at freenetproject.org http://hawk.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
