Per Ian's request, I have temporarily taken down Ubernode.org- As I said in my first e-mail, I think a website that exchanged references is a better design, and if someone is interested in making that, I'm happy not to run an ubernode.
That said, I still think it would be an interesting test, and would like to bring it back up, barring a better solution arriving. -Colin > Why don't you just wait for the open net? > Dark net is supposed to be dark, so the Slashdot crowd should use the open > net. Dark net is only an advantage if you have low availability. If it is > legal where you are connecting from you should always use the open net. > > But it is an interesting test non the less, because it will put stress on > the darknet that it should be able to handle. Peers that connect with > small world topology should not be affected by an uber node. > > --Lean > > Den Thu, 18 May 2006 23:29:34 -0400. skrev Colin Davis: > >> For the purposes of testing, and regarding the thoughts in my last e- >> mail, I've set up two freenet nodes which are public- Anyone can add >> their >> reference to them, without interaction by me. >> >> Note- This is entirely different from the link exchange idea that I >> proposed in my last e-mail. I still prefer that solution, but that's not >> something I'm up to implementing. >> >> >> >> >> I set up my node by commenting out the ability to run any toadlets >> outside >> of the Darknet, and by disabling the ability for fproxy to delete nodes. >> I >> then put node on a publicly accessible IP, and told it to allow >> connections to anyone. >> This should allow people to connect, copy my noderef, and add their own. >> >> I'd love it if a few people could try connecting, and letting me know >> how >> it works for them. >> >> >> >> http://Ubernode.org >> >> >> Going to the site tells you my noderef, and allows you to add your >> own, without having to go through the Java server directly. By running >> through a quick apache page, I am able to spare the little server a >> small >> amount of pain. >> This is running on a small rented server, but should be an interesting >> experience to test. If nothing else, if it works at all, it can give >> Slashdotters at least /one/ node to connect to, slow though it will be. >> You can test to see if your node is added, by viewing the list of >> connections at (http://ubernode.org:8888/ darknet/) but that page is >> running through fproxy, so it slow. >> >> >> I've set another test/example up on my home connection (http:// >> akari.homeunix.org:8888/darknet/), but that connection is going to be >> far >> less stable, and it connects to the node directly, rather than going >> through a load-saving page, so will be slow as hell. Really. Use >> Ubernode.org instead. >> >> >> >> >> While I don't necessarily think public access nodes are a great solution >> for anything long-term, the ability for people to have a few places they >> can connect without user-interaction has to be better than the >> ref-swarms >> in IRC... >> It's an interesting thought-experiment for me, if nothing else. >> >> Just my ignorant thoughts. >> >> -Colin > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
