[Grapevine-devel] Re: Grapevine commentary

[Tom G. <to...@em...>]

On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 04:40:26PM +1300, Stephen Blackheath wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:29, you wrote:

> > Is it at all possible to make the node-joining method a policy decision
> > for the end users?
> I see what you mean - each node specifies its own policy for prospective new 
> nodes.  That might form part of a more sophisticated SAHP, but I wouldn't let 
> the actual human being dictate it.  The network should "just work" from the 
> user's point of view.

I was thinking that it should be possible for end users to establish
manual connections, in case something doesn't work or in case they know
that the network is more reliable in that direction.

> > Would it be possible to have file sponsors who keep the whole file
> > (like Bittorrent seeds)?  If someone wants to keep the file on the
> > network they have to commit to keeping a seed running.
> That is technically possible and would be a far easier way to solve the 
> problem, but it would prevent anonymous publishing, which is one of the most 
> important goals of this system.

I don't mind the idea of non-anonymously publishing a large list of
files.  Can it simply be made that my node doesn't delete any bits of
the files I've told it to share?

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