[freenet-chat] Q: transient nodes and freesite insertions

[Florent Daignière (NextGen$)]

* David McNab <david at rebirthing.co.nz> [2006-05-11 20:35:49]:

> Hi,
> 
> I've got a cron job which, once a day:
>  1. starts a transient freenet node
>  2. lets the node 'settle' for 60 seconds
>  3. does a round of freesite insertions
>  4. sits for another 60 seconds
>  5. shuts down the node
> 
> Given that the node has at least a couple of good connections to peers,
> is this a safe setup?
> 
> In other words, will the transience of the node impact on the ability of
> others to reach the inserted freesites? If so, then is there an amount
> of time I should leave the node running after the freesite inserts which
> will mitigate such impacts?


The problem is that the bootstraping time might depend on your peer's
locations : I don't think that 60 secs is enough to 1) connect to
everyone 2) swap your location.

On the other hand, as you're only inserting, it's not that important...

> 
> Thanks in advance for your replies
> 
> Cheers
> David
> 
> 
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