hi every body; i have a question in Network;
Consider a DHT with a mash overlay topology (that is, every peer tracks
all peers in the system). What are the advantages and disadvantages of such
a design? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a circular DHT
(with no shortcuts)?

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hi every body; i have a question in Network;
Consider a DHT with a mash overlay topology (that is, every peer tracks
all peers in the system). What are the advantages and disadvantages of such
a design? What are the advantages and disadvantages of a circular DHT
(with no shortcuts)?

anonymous · Answer

the main diadvantage is in your question! there is no privacy for any of the peers because anyone with access to a node in that kind of a network can view another peer's activities if he has the required tools. as an advantage, maybe, there will be no need for a system administator to handle data and bandwidth allocation, network monitoring and other tedious tasks. usually networks of this kind use software that acts conditionally. in addition, nodes in a mesh network take slightly shorter time in finding a gateway out of the network.