[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #2370: Only use helper for remote nodes

[Tahoe-LAFS]

#2370: Only use helper for remote nodes
--------------------------------+---------------------------
 Reporter:  daira               |          Owner:
     Type:  defect              |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal              |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  code-network        |        Version:  1.10.0
 Keywords:  helper performance  |  Launchpad Bug:
--------------------------------+---------------------------
 chatcannon wrote:

 If some storage nodes are accessible over the local network or even on the
 same host, it's clearly inefficient to send data to a helper only for it
 to be sent back again.

 Related tickets:
 #613 sometimes a helper hurts instead of helping
 #868 use helper to bypass NAT/firewall
 #1207 Detect RFC1918/invalid addresses somehow

--
Ticket URL: <https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/2370>
Tahoe-LAFS <https://Tahoe-LAFS.org>
secure decentralized storage