[freenet-support] 0.7 public alpha imminent!

[Malkus Lindroos]

One issue that might need consideration is the extensibility of the 
network when a public alpha version is released.

Currently, each node has a hard-coded limit of 20 opennet connections. 
These slots are, at least on my nodes, all filled up on nodes connected 
to the network. Now if this is also the situation with the seednodes, 
how do newcomers integrate into the network? Or will newcomers form a 
new, disconnected outer layer? This would especially be an issue after a 
slashdot.

IMO there would be need for hub -nodes, that are well connected to the 
network, and which have a flexible amount of connections. The nodes 
would cut off nodes based on some algorithm based on the usefulness of a 
link (data transferred, success rate, etc.). However, the nodes would 
always allow new connections, and only after some time enter the new 
connections into the competition of the necessity of the link.

The darkent/opennet structure could have fullfilled this need, with the 
darknet building persistent connections that form the core network, and 
an opennet for newcomers to find more permanent links. However, there is 
currently no mechanism of moving opennet connections to darknet, or make 
them otherwise (semi-)permanent, or is there?

--
Malkus Lindroos

Matthew Toseland wrote:
> Hopefully we will release a second public alpha of Freenet 0.7 next week. 
> Please test Freenet, and reply to this thread with any bugs that you think 
> need to be fixed urgently.
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