On 25 Sep 2006, at 04:47, toad wrote:
> So we force the distribution? Hmmm. We don't have to force the
> distribution if we path fold on successful requests, but forcing it is
> better in that it will almost certainly work regardless of e.g. local
> traffic levels.

It can't hurt.

> I'm not sure about the "probability proportional to 1/d" bit, now  
> that I
> think about it; doesn't that mean that there will be infinite
> probability that a point infinitesimally different to the current
> location will be chosen?

There is some formula to randomly select numbers in the distribution  
we want, ask Oskar.

> Also, I'm not sure about NCNUM; if we are forcing the distribution,  
> more
> would result in inaccuracy. If we avoid this by returning the NCNUM
> nodes closest to the target, we'll have a lot of nodes: I don't see  
> why
> we should have hundreds of node connections on opennet, it's not
> necessarily better and it's a sure-fire way to mess up a darknet  
> opennet
> hybrid.

Yeah, taking the NCNUM nodes closest to the target location would be  
better.

> As far as I know, what oskar said would work was destination  
> folding on
> a successful request, and I can see a number of advantages to this.
> Although we will need something like the described protocol for
> announcement.

We could do destination folding on successful requests too (where  
both nodes are opennet).

Ian.


Ian Clarke: Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Revver, Inc.
phone: 323.871.2828 | personal blog - http://locut.us/blog

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