On 6/24/06, Kevin Bennett <kb at stygia.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Hello. Can I ask a question on the new Freenet? > > I understand that version 0.7 is supposed to have two parts, an open network > and a "darknet" and that at the moment only the "darknet" part is working > and that to connect to it I have to get somebody else's node reference and > add it to my node whilst the other person does the same with my reference. > OK so far. > > 1. When I do this process and connect to a few nodes, are those the only > nodes to which I will ever connect, or does the act of joining the network > through those nodes then allow my node to learn about and connect to other > nodes whose references I don't explicitly add myself?
No peers will be added automatically. The general concensus is that a fitting amount of peers is 5 to 20 peers depending on bandwidth constraints and how many people you trust. > > 2. If/when the open net appears, will it be completely separate from the > darknet or will being in the darknet automatically join my node to the open > network? > > Thank you in advance for any answers you can give. > > Kevin. > ---------------------------------------------- > All semiconductors work using smoke. Once you let the smoke out of them they > stop working. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support at freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:support-request at freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe >
