On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 01:49:09PM -0600, Brandon wrote:
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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.
> Well I have to say I disagree. First, in a fully connected graph you don't
> need path compression.
And do you suppose that a Freenet where every node needed a reference to every
other node would be scalable?
> Second, path compression still occurs
> between clusters.
You mean between gateway nodes - you may-as-well not have any of the other
nodes in the cluster as far as the network is concerned. If everyone joined a
cluster (which is the situation I assume you would advocate) you would end-up
with a very unhealthy Freenet indeed.
Ian.
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