On 6/28/06, Thomas Bruderer <bruthoma at student.ethz.ch> wrote: > > Well, I have never heard or read that Toad said that, but the > > response to anyone that did say that is that the darknet is there so > > that it is available to those that need it. If people don't need the > > security offered by participating in a darknet, then they should use > > the opennet. > > exactly, and users already do so in IRC or the auto-link adders. > > > > > > If really nobody wants to use darknet, whats the point in keeping > > > it with all > > > forces? > > > > Even if most people don't need a darknet, it doesn't mean that nobody > > needs a darknet. > You missunderstood me, I don't want to remove darknet. But Toad tells us if we > would do an opennet nobody (1%) would use the darknet. I think he is absolutly > right in this observation, but right now those other 99% wont even try > freenet. > > > Perhaps not, for you. > Don't be too sure about that. > > I just face reality which is, if someone is interested in freenet and wants to > run a darknet node, he wont find 3 friends in general. In a big opennet the
Getting there takes time but I prefer to wait and get the more robust and secure solution. > possibility for users of a darknet is much better, because more of the friends > are already connected. If its open or dark isnt too important then... > > my connections count dropped from around 40 to 16 and I am bored in searching > new connections every week... 3 connections are simply not enough even when > you > have reliable friends. > > Lets do an estimate: > > lets say avg uptime 12 hours a day. To have 3 friends up all the time (in 99% > of > the cases) you need. > > 3 * p[((0.5^x) > 0.01)] => x = 20 > > and this is only the case if the downtime is independend, which is unlikely > since your friends are in the same time zone. > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
