+from twisted.internet.default import SelectReactor ## twistedmatrix.com
-from twisted.internet.default import SelectReactor
reactor = SelectReactor(installSignalHandlers=0)
from twisted.internet import main
-main.installReactor(reactor)
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+main.installReactor(reactor)
+
+# how many times a node can fail to respond before it's booted from the routing table
+MAX_FAILURES = 3
+
+# time before expirer starts running
+KEINITIAL_DELAY = 60 * 60 * 24 # 24 hours
+
+# time between expirer runs
+KE_DELAY = 60 * 60 # 1 hour
+
+# expire entries older than this
+KE_AGE = KEINITIAL_DELAY