Re: DHT vs Gnutella

Quoting Nikolay Raspopov <[email protected]> from ml.gnutella.dev-forum:
:Shareaza CAN search by hash (like G2) but it disabled for LimeWire compatibility.
:Just enable it.

It's also the case for gtk-gnutella but here I need to agree with LimeWire's
decision. (hi LimeWire, see, it can happen).  Inserting SHA1 in the QRP is
creating many undue collisions and reduces the efficiency of the QRP idea.

Also, flooding is not working well for rare items, and unless the SHA1 you're
searching is widely popular, it's not going to fly.

That's why we need to bring a different kind of structure to the network,
such as the one provided by Kademlia, to be able to efficiently search
the rare data with assurance to find it if it exists.

Raphael