Information on gossip.ping protocol

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Protocol documentation for Secure Scuttlebutt

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Closed bl0x closed 4 years ago

bl0x commented 5 years ago

The guide does not mention or refer to any details about the protocol used for the gossip.ping messages and the behavior expected by ssb servers.

My current understanding is the following:

Client sends gossip.ping RPC message and the current timestamp (milliseconds) in a separate message.
Then, the server responds with the same.
The client can then calculate the turnaround time for messages.

Is this true? What should really be going on? Should this be repeated periodically?

stale[bot] commented 4 years ago

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