Re: [Gzz] hemppah's research problems document

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:38:06PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> Quoting Tuomas Lukka <address@hidden>:
> 
> > On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 03:23:49PM +0200, address@hidden wrote:
> > > Quoting Tuomas Lukka <address@hidden>:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Okay, will notice it. Btw, in Gzz p2p, is there possibility that there
> > can
> > > > be
> > > > > multiple block sources in the network, altough block has a GUID (so we
> > can
> > > > take
> > > > > a benefit from it when obtaining the block) ?
> > > > 
> > > > Possibility? That's the *REASON* for guids!
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes, of course.
> > > 
> > > Let's take an example:
> > > Overnet (DHT, Kademlia, GUID) supports multiple source downloads: for
> > example,
> > > let's assume that there is a data block which I want get. Now, when I 
> > > found
> > this
> > > specific data block from Overnet, Overnet start's downloading it.
> > However,
> > > Overnet constantly seeks other sources for this data block (fragments of
> > this
> > > data block which I don't have yet) for faster downloading.
> > > 
> > > Is this kind of model possible in Gzz p2p ?
> > 
> > Do you see any reason it would not be?
> 
> My initial reactions is that this is possible.
> 
> However, I'm not 100% sure about this, because you and Benja have mentioned
> sometimes something about fixed block lengths and I don't *really* know, in
> practice, what do you mean by it (yes, it's a fixed size..but), and how it
> differs from Overnet's scenario (?).

I have no idea what you're talking about ;)

        Tuomas