Hmmm, well I certainly want to setup more nodes but only if they will be helpful to the network. The logic behind not hallmarking nodes makes sense. I can either setup many un-hallmarked or move some NXT around and setup a few hallmarked ones. I'm off to bed since I'm quite tired. I'll review the thread tomorrow and maybe we can figure out a good way to proceed.
Maybe we can setup some servers with good DDoS protection in the mean time until we can figure out what to do.
Do NOT setup nodes that are not hallmarked. These unhallmarked nodes hurt the network because they only request information from hallmarked nodes and these hallmarked nodes are the only nodes servicing the network.
The type of DDoS protection you are referring to doesn't do any good with this type of DDoS attack. This DDoS attack is an application level attack against HALLMARKED nodes.
OK, gotcha, sorry it's way past my bedtime. So it appears we needn't have differentiation between types of nodes, meaning either they should be majority hallmarked or none at all...Correct?
Edit: and since it is unrealistic to un-hallmark all nodes our only option is to hallmark as many as possible to spread out the number of targets which can be DDoS'd....and we wouldn't want too many hallmarked nodes to stand out above the others since they would be the first targets. So maybe we all agree to setup nodes with similar weights?
