> > What about that the freenet daemon periodically > > (configurable/disable-ble of course) announces itself on the lan(s) to > > which it is connected? That way freenet-nodes can interconnect and > > speed up distribution of data. > > Data distribution on Freenet doesn't work like that. Data segments are > actually spread all across Freenet, ideally with no particular peer > having a large portion of a large splitfile. I don't think having fast > random LAN connections would speed things up -- the bottleneck will > still be the LAN's connection to the Internet. (Not to mention the fact > that it would be at least somewhat less secure. (Better chance of > traffic analysis and such tricks against you.))
True, but it can be used to find a way to other nodes further down the path. This way one doesn't need to connect to the central seednodes to find ways to reach the global network/the rest of the freenet network. Folkert van Heusden -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: +31-6-41278122, PGP-key: 1F28D8AE, www.vanheusden.com _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
