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

[Ian Clarke]

On 11 May 2006, at 01:35, David McNab wrote:
> 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?
>
> Thanks in advance for your replies

This should work fine - even if your peer doesn't have time to  
acquire a desirable location (and it probably won't in 60 seconds),  
the nodes it talks to probably will, so inserts should get routed  
correctly.

Ian.