Re: [freenet-tech] Shared files.

2001-11-02 Thread Are
> It does, and it's been proposed before. I think I was the 1009th person to > suggest it, making you the 1010th unless I've missed somebody. ;-) oops ;) Well I understand that it would be hard to work around the routing. I guess we will have to do it the Frost way. By the way, when doing an u

Re: [freenet-tech] Shared files.

2001-11-02 Thread Are
> multiple requests and redundant blocks, it's the only sane way to > deal with files of nontrivial size, and multiplexing requests is a > big throughput and reliability win. What this means is that a Yes, splitfiles and FEC will make big files less of a pain than they are now. I hope the impleme

Re: [freenet-tech] Shared files.

2001-11-01 Thread Michael Rogers
> Does this sound like a nifty feature?? It does, and it's been proposed before. I think I was the 1009th person to suggest it, making you the 1010th unless I've missed somebody. ;-) Unfortunately the problem is that requests are routed towards the node that's expected to hold the requested

Re: [freenet-tech] Shared files.

2001-11-01 Thread Mark J Roberts
Are: > This way I an always guaranteed that the files I share will be available > on freenet, as long as someone can reach my node. (Using large htls). We don't allow large HTLs because they're an easy DoS attack, and besides, if the routing works your large-HTL request would only encounter a rel

[freenet-tech] Shared files.

2001-11-01 Thread Are
I have another idea for Freenet. Say I run a permanent node on my cheap slow bandwith Cable modem, and I want to host a freesite. The way it works now, I have to use freeweb to submit my site every day, even the static parts. And I won't have any guarante that it will remain on freenet, because m