[freenet-dev] One tunnel per request: justification

[Michael Rogers]

Matthew Toseland wrote:
> I was thinking of long-term requests in general - large downloads for example.
> 
> Do we need to do this on the return journey or only on the outward?

Both, otherwise the nodes in the return tunnel can gather successor samples.

>> Sounds promising - but could that result in some nodes not being allowed
>> to join any cell?
> 
> Yes. If you're a leaf node you can't use premix routing.

Not just leaves, but perhaps nodes whose neighbours all belong to
different clusters?

Cheers,
Michael