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> Freenet does not inherently need path compression to scale. It depends on
> how you construct your network topology. With inform.php, Freenet needs
> path compression to scale because otherwise the topology becomes strung
> out. Path compression is not needed at all inside of a cluster. Path
> compression still occurs between clusters. There is no problem to path
> compression posed by clusters.
(cough cough)Bullshit(cough cough). No offense to Travis, but your
starting to sound like him before he really *got* Freenet. You can't find
data without path compression. Without path compression your stuck with
searching a large percentage of the network ala Gnutella.
>
> Why have nodes in the cluster? First of all, if the gateway gets found and
> ordered to shut down, all of the nodes behind the gateway are still
> safe. Also, you can have a fully private network if you want. Also, you
WRONG. They still work, but they're far from safe.
Scott
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