Kevin Atkinson: > That equation only holds if the probability of failure for each > block are independent from one another which is certainly not the > case.
I can see how you can assume that all blocks in a file are equally popular, but there's a whole spectrum of popularity which correlates with reliability. (Have I lost it completely here?) Independent of file popularity, if you're willing to make three requests for each block, and the hosts you request from are all malicious or buggy, you lose. And "make more requests" isn't an acceptable answer: then everyone starts broadcasting and the network crumbles. _______________________________________________ freenet-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/tech
