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Bootstrapping without Reseed Servers

In some cases i2p's default reseed servers (servers used to fill i2p router's netdb with initial peers) are blocked.

I2PD has a unique feature that allows it to bootstrap off of any i2p router that is participating in the DHT, they are called floodfill routers and have the router capacity f in their router info.

How To

  • obtain a router.info file of a floodfill router out of band, save to /tmp/floodfill.router.info or some other path
  • run i2pd --reseed.floodfill=/tmp/floodfill.router.info and if that router is online you'll be able to bootstrap into the network from just that routers

Caviets

  • The floodfill must be trustworthy, it could give you all colluding peers if it's a baddie.
  • DO NOT use a random floodfill unless you don't care about high security and just want to test out this feature.
  • Java I2P routers seem to dislike this feature (sometimes) and may back off exponentially