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1 =head1 AnoNet, Take 2! |
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| 323 | 3 Welcome to AnoNet! AnoNet is a highly decentralized darknet, aiming to create a censorship resistant network free from government influence and restrictions. AnoNet uses an IP network to accomplish this, as an alternative to the existing internet. |
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| 327 | 5 You can read more information about AnoNet below, or on L<http://wiki.ucis.nl/Anonet>. |
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7 =head2 Theory |
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| 326 | 9 =over |
| 329 | 10 |
| 326 | 11 =item * |
| 329 | 12 |
| 326 | 13 L<anonymity in general and its place in AnoNet in particular|http://www.anonet2.org/anonymity> |
| 329 | 14 |
| 326 | 15 =item * |
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17 L<darknet comparison page|http://www.anonet2.org/darknet_comparison> |
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| 326 | 19 =item * |
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21 L<AnoNet FAQ|http://www.anonet2.org/faq> |
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| 326 | 23 =item * |
| 329 | 24 |
| 326 | 25 L<quick introduction to darknets and anonymity in general and AnoNet2 in particular|http://www.anonet2.org/intro> |
| 329 | 26 |
| 523 | 27 =item * |
| 28 | |
| 29 L<the problem with allowing ICANN to control your internet|http://www.anonet2.org/icann> | |
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| 326 | 31 =back |
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33 =head2 How to Join |
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| 35 There are many ways to join AnoNet. If you just want to hang out with | |
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41 <tr><th>Protocol</th><th>Service</th><th>Anonymity</th></tr> |
| 329 | 42 <tr><td>HTTP WebChatZ<></td><td>L<KwaakNet|http://anortr.ucis.nl:8086/?channels=anonet&nick=Anonymous></td><td>L<aaya|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname, custom nickname (note 1))</td></tr> |
| 43 <tr><td>HTTP WebChatZ<></td><td>L<KwaakNet|http://webchat.kwaaknet.org/?c=AnoNet></td><td>L<naya|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Visible IP, hidden username and realname, custom nickname (warning!) (note 1))</td></tr> | |
| 44 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN|irc://anortr.ucis.nl:8804/RendezVous></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2), and also blocks most CTCP messages)</td></tr> | |
| 45 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN (tor)|irc://2dmrunyyp6bp53th.onion/RendezVous></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2), and also blocks most CTCP messages)</td></tr> | |
| 46 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN2|irc://anortr.ucis.nl:8806/anonet></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2))</td></tr> | |
| 47 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN2 (tor)|irc://w53qxqs27amlrwnm.onion/anonet></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2))</td></tr> | |
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48 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN3 (tor)|irc://elef7kcrczguvamt.onion/anonet></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2))</td></tr> |
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49 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN4 (tor)|irc://wllef6hh2mt6uoi4.onion/anonet></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2))</td></tr> |
| 329 | 50 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<UFO|irc://anortr.ucis.nl:8805/anonet></td><td>L<aooo|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, visible username and realname)</td></tr> |
| 51 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<UFO|irc://irc.kwaaknet.org:6667/anonet></td><td>L<nooo|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Visible IP, username and realname (warning!))</td></tr> | |
| 52 <tr><td>TelnetZ<></td><td>L<SRN|telnet://anortr.ucis.nl:8803/></td><td>L<aaya|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP and username, custom nickname)</td></tr> | |
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| 327 | 57 =over |
| 329 | 58 |
| 327 | 59 =item * |
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| 325 | 61 Note 1: your browser may send information that can be used to identify you. Although this information is not directly visible to other chat users, it may be sent in clear text over the internet and over anonet. |
| 329 | 62 |
| 327 | 63 =item * |
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| 325 | 65 Note 2: your IRC client always sends your configured username, realname and possibly also hostname. Although this information is not directly visible to other chat users, it may be sent in clear text over the internet and over anonet. You should therefore always properly configure your IRC client! |
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| 327 | 67 =back |
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69 If you want to browse around first, there's a tor gateway available at L<http://mkdopl6dniqykj2y.onion/>. (You will need tor for that link to work.) |
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| 339 | 71 If you're feeling adventurous enough to connect at the IP level, there |
| 72 are a few options available: | |
| 73 | |
| 74 =over | |
| 75 | |
| 76 =item * | |
| 77 | |
| 78 L<UFO has a client port.|http://ix.ucis.nl/clientport.php> (You will | |
| 79 need openvpn for this option, but there is no need for routing software.) | |
| 458 | 80 |
| 81 =item * | |
| 82 | |
| 83 L<Thejetset's client | |
| 84 port|http://www.anonet2.org/thejetset_clientport> | |
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| 339 | 91 |
| 92 It is possible to negotiate your first peering on IRC, completely | |
| 93 bypassing the client port. (For this option you can use quicktun, | |
| 94 openvpn, or tinc. You will also need routing software, for example bird | |
| 95 or zebra. If you are on Windows, DnRouter can do everything.) | |
| 96 | |
| 97 =back | |
| 98 | |
| 99 Once you're online, you can reconnect to IRC from inside AnoNet: | |
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| 323 | 103 Z<><table> |
| 326 | 104 <tr><th>ProtocolZ<></th><th>Service using DNSZ<></th><th>Service using IP (no DNS)</th><th>Anonymity</th></tr> |
| 416 | 105 <tr><td>UDPMSG4Z<></td><td>L<SRN (UDPMSG4 cloud)|udpmsg4://irc3.srn.ano:15783/chat/anonet></td><td>L<SRN (UDPMSG4 cloud)|udpmsg4://1.0.27.111:15783/chat/anonet></td><td>UDPMSG4 is anonymous by design. L<You can run your own IRC server.|http://www.powerfulproxy.com/do_it.php/http/www.srw.ano/udpmsg4ircd></td></tr> |
| 329 | 106 <tr><td>UDPMSG3Z<></td><td>L<SRN (UDPMSG3 cloud)|udpmsg3://irc2.srn.ano:15387/chat/anonet></td><td>L<SRN (UDPMSG3 cloud)|udpmsg3://1.0.27.110:15387/chat/anonet></td><td>UDPMSG3 is anonymous by design.</td></tr> |
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107 <tr><td>HTTP WebChatZ<></td><td>L<sevilIRC (Relaying on #anoNet)|http://www.sevilnatas.ano/chat.html></td><td></td><td>L<aaya|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname, custom nickname (note 1))</td></tr> |
| 329 | 108 <tr><td>HTTP WebChatZ<></td><td>L<KwaakNet|http://anortr.ucis.ano:8086/?channels=anonet&nick=Anonymous></td><td>L<KwaakNet|http://1.3.3.2:8086/?channels=anonet&nick=Anonymous></td><td>L<aaya|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname, custom nickname (note 1))</td></tr> |
| 416 | 109 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN (NewNickNet)|irc://irc3.srn.ano:6667/anonet></td><td>L<SRN (NickNet)|irc://1.0.27.111:6667/anonet></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2))</td></tr> |
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110 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN (NickNet)|irc://irc4.srn.ano:6667/anonet></td><td>L<SRN (NickNet)|irc://1.0.27.114:6667/anonet></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2))</td></tr> |
| 329 | 111 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<SRN|irc://irc.somerandomnick.ano:6667/RendezVous></td><td>L<SRN|irc://1.0.27.103:6667/RendezVous></td><td>L<aaoa|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname (note 2), and also blocks most CTCP messages)</td></tr> |
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114 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<KwaakNet|irc://irc.kwaaknet.ano:6667/anonet></td><td>Server L<1|irc://1.3.3.7:6667/anonet>, L<2|irc://1.3.9.1:6667/anonet>, L<3|irc://1.3.3.8:6667/anonet></td><td>L<nooo|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Visible IP, username and realname)</td></tr> |
| 329 | 115 <tr><td>IRCZ<></td><td>L<pragmo|irc://irc.pragmo.ano:6667/atomic></td><td>L<pragmo|irc://1.0.16.111:6667/atomic></td><td>L<????|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Unknown)</td></tr> |
| 116 <tr><td>TelnetZ<></td><td>L<SRN|telnet://irc.somerandomnick.ano:2323/></td><td></td><td>L<aaya|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP and username, custom nickname)</td></tr> | |
| 117 <tr><td>JabberZ<></td><td>irc.somerandomnick.ano (RendezVous MUC)</td><td></td><td>L<aaya|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity> (Hidden IP, username and realname, custom nickname)</td></tr> | |
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| 329 | 120 =end xhtml |
| 121 | |
| 327 | 122 =over |
| 329 | 123 |
| 327 | 124 =item * |
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| 325 | 126 Note 1: your browser may send information that can be used to identify you. Although this information is not directly visible to other chat users, it may be sent in clear text over the internet and over anonet. |
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| 327 | 128 =item * |
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| 325 | 130 Note 2: your IRC client always sends your configured username, realname and possibly also hostname. Although this information is not directly visible to other chat users, it may be sent in clear text over the internet and over anonet. You should therefore always properly configure your IRC client! |
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| 327 | 132 =back |
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| 329 | 134 For more information about anonimity on IRC, see L<this page|http://www.anonet2.org/irc_anonymity>. |
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| 404 | 136 =head2 IRC Channels |
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| 138 The activity level on #anonet got a bit too high (especially with all the bots), so some new channels have been added. Here are the currently known channels: | |
| 139 | |
| 140 =over | |
| 141 | |
| 142 =item #anonet (chat/anonet) | |
| 143 | |
| 144 This is the main channel for AnoNet-related discussion. All AnoNet2 IRC servers carry this channel. | |
| 145 | |
| 146 =item #talk (chat/talk) | |
| 147 | |
| 148 This is a new channel for general talk, and at least for now it is the home of most of our bots. Only sevil and SRN IRC servers carry this channel. | |
| 149 | |
| 150 =item #1984 (chat/1984) | |
| 151 | |
| 420 | 152 This is a channel that BrainBox requested. Most SRN IRC servers carry it. |
| 404 | 153 |
| 154 =back | |
| 155 | |
| 156 Creating a new channel is done the traditional way (just /join it), | |
| 157 but linking the channel through the udpmsg3 cloud requires a little | |
| 416 | 158 bit of configuration for all current udpmsg3 clients. SRN is happy |
| 159 to reconfigure his stuff for any new channel. L<SRN's new UDPMSG4 IRC | |
| 160 server|http://www.powerfulproxy.com/do_it.php/http/www.srw.ano/udpmsg4ircd> | |
| 161 doesn't require any special configuration. Just join a new channel on | |
| 162 irc3.srn.ano, and it will immediately exist on the udpmsg4 cloud. | |
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| 404 | 166 Note that if your only aim in joining AnoNet is to search Google |
| 167 anonymously, you can save yourself the hassle L<by just heading over | |
| 168 to Scroogle|http://www.scroogle.org/>. If you're looking to browse | |
| 169 the rest of the public Internet anonymously, though, we now have | |
| 170 outbound proxies, which you're more than welcome to use. (L<Here's a | |
| 171 service that tries to show you what you're likely to be leaking, right | |
| 172 now.|http://what-is-my-ip-address.anonymous-proxy-servers.net/>) | |
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| 440 | 194 If you saw L<this article about people getting arrested on false accusations from one guy|http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Cyberactivists-warned-arrest-ftimes-3487898538.html?x=0>, then you may want to make yourself a bit more difficult to find. (L<Do you really want to get raided by the FBI just because some "security researcher" thinks you're a co-founder of Anonymous?|http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=x69Akp5L>) AnoNet can help. |
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| 451 | 196 You may want to join for the social scene (we even have our own |
| 197 social network, although nobody uses it for what should be obvious | |
| 198 reasons), or you may want to create your own social scene. Even if | |
| 199 you don't care about your anonymity, L<you don't need to worry | |
| 200 about our social network "owner" deleting your identity for "private" | |
| 201 reasons|http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/02/5033412-booted-from-facebook-woman-sues>, | |
| 202 because our social network is decentralised and resists censorship, | |
| 203 like most of the core AnoNet services. Again, you're not looking at an | |
| 204 "official" reason for joining, but nobody owns AnoNet, so "official" | |
| 205 is an artificial term 'round here. | |
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| 203 | 207 You may be looking for help with your Mathematics, Physics or Computer |
| 208 Science homework. Due to AnoNet's nature, many of the guys who hang | |
| 209 out here have an academic background in one (or more) of the above, | |
| 210 and most are quite happy to help students. | |
| 211 | |
| 212 If you're interested in starting your own darknet, you can get plenty of | |
| 213 advice here. In addition, the AnoNet2 infrastructure is easy to reuse | |
| 214 for any other darknet, by design. (Technical ease of forking is a core | |
| 215 goal of AnoNet2. We avoid forks only by being good enough so nobody | |
| 216 feels the need to fork AnoNet2.) | |
| 217 | |
| 516 | 218 Finally, L<you may be getting a bit nervous at the |
| 219 amount of regulation piling up around the world against the public | |
| 220 Internet|http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8481330/Alarm-over-EU-Great-Firewall-proposal.html>. | |
| 221 Since the "public" Internet is owned and managed by a number of | |
| 222 multinational corporations, it's fairly easy for governments to regulate | |
| 223 it. Part of the main purpose behind AnoNet has always been to get away | |
| 224 from those private control points, in order to create a truly public | |
| 225 internet. In AnoNet1, anybody who can regulate crzydmnd can regulate | |
| 226 AnoNet1's "official" wiki (and by extension, its resource "database"), | |
| 227 and anybody who can regulate Kaos can regulate AnoNet1's "official" | |
| 228 client port (and by extension, all new AnoNet1 users), so the private | |
| 229 control point problem hasn't quite been solved there. AnoNet2 is still | |
| 230 largely controlled by UFO and somerandomnick, but we have both technical | |
| 231 and administrative measures in place to ensure that as the network grows, | |
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| 164 | 235 Here's an interesting exchange: |
| 165 | 236 |
| 166 | 237 =over |
| 165 | 238 |
| 166 | 239 =item Relay> [Ivo @ KN] governments do not intend to harm everybody |
| 240 | |
| 241 =item Relay> [Ivo @ KN] some criminals just intend harm everybody | |
| 165 | 242 |
| 166 | 243 =item somerandomnick> and some governments do, too |
| 165 | 244 |
| 166 | 245 =item Relay> [Ivo @ KN] they usually at least pretend to be good for some people |
| 165 | 246 |
| 166 | 247 =item somerandomnick> People are people. |
| 165 | 248 |
| 166 | 249 =item Relay> [anonno @ KN] right now they can eavesdrop on telephones, and they like it... if we all move to encrypted voip, they're in trouble |
| 165 | 250 |
| 166 | 251 =item somerandomnick> It doesn't really matter that much what hat a guy is wearing. |
| 165 | 252 |
| 166 | 253 =item somerandomnick> A government is just a pretty face for a person to hide behind. |
| 165 | 254 |
| 166 | 255 =item somerandomnick> It doesn't actually mean anything beyond "I'm stronger than you, so I make decisions for you." |
| 256 | |
| 257 =item somerandomnick> A person's government should be his own brain. You should never outsource your free choice. | |
| 165 | 258 |
| 166 | 259 =item Relay> [anonno @ KN] you know what, you could use this as a marketing tool for anonet ;) |
| 165 | 260 |
| 166 | 261 =back |
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| 280 giving away information that your ISP probably wouldn't already know. | |
| 281 However, if you read local news it's probably still wise to avoid AnoNet. | |
| 282 (You can still use tor directly.) | |
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| 320 | 284 =item Just Browse |
| 285 | |
| 286 If you just surf aimlessly for hours, you are giving away a lot of | |
| 287 profiling information to your ISP. With the AnoNet proxies, you can | |
| 288 avoid giving your ISP any of this information. (You are still giving the | |
| 289 same information to the AnoNet proxies if you don't use SSL tunneling, | |
| 290 but AnoNet proxies can't connect the profiling information with your | |
| 291 real-life identity, while your ISP (and anybody who can get your ISP | |
| 322 | 292 records) certainly can.) Surfing with AnoNet also means that you don't |
| 293 need to worry about your government filtering policies getting in your | |
| 294 way while you surf. | |
| 320 | 295 |
| 321 | 296 =item Browse WikiLeaks |
| 297 | |
| 298 If you're located in a totalitarian regime, your ISP may not allow you | |
| 299 to access WikiLeaks. Even if you are located in a less totalitarian | |
| 300 regime, your government may monitor your WikiLeaks browsing habits. | |
| 301 AnoNet allows you to browse WikiLeaks without your ISP preventing or | |
| 302 monitoring your visits. | |
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| 203 | 306 AnoNet shines here. Governments can force Google to cough up your |
| 307 search history, but only if Google can figure out which searches you're | |
| 308 responsible for. If you use Scroogle (HTTPS) through one of AnoNet's | |
| 309 HTTP proxies, the proxy doesn't know what you're looking for, Scroogle | |
| 310 has no clue who you are, and by the time the search makes its way to | |
| 311 Google, connecting it to you is all but hopeless. | |
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| 322 | 313 =item Discuss the WikiLeaks insurance.aes256 File |
| 314 | |
| 315 If you and your friends were hoping to talk together | |
| 316 about your experience trying to decrypt the file on | |
| 317 abovetopsecret's forums, you probably saw L<this complaint from a | |
| 318 moderator|http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread598787/pg23#pid9331623>. | |
| 319 After quoting from L<the terms and conditions | |
| 320 page|http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread6688/pg1>, he says: | |
| 321 B<Going forward, please remember that we cannot discuss how to "break" | |
| 322 this file open. We're only allowed to discuss the topic at hand, which | |
| 323 is the posting of the encrypted document itself, and what it I<may> | |
| 324 contain.> AnoNet doesn't have a terms and conditions page, so you're | |
| 325 "allowed" to discuss whatever you want. | |
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| 203 | 329 BitTorrent doesn't hide your IP address, so seeding files for |
| 330 L<TPB|http://www.thepiratebay.org/> is not necessarily safe. BitTorrent | |
| 331 on AnoNet doesn't hide your IP address either, but the authorities can't | |
| 332 easily connect your AnoNet IP address with your IcannNet IP address | |
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| 388 ("Alms for Jihad" comes to mind as one obvious example, where the | |
| 389 publisher went so far as to delete the book from its own database and | |
| 390 buried the copyright.) While physical books may not be so simple to | |
| 391 publish on AnoNet (although you can certainly raise awareness of them | |
| 392 by speaking out about them on AnoNet), e-books enjoy considerable | |
| 393 anti-censorship advantages on AnoNet. | |
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| 203 | 397 You may want to teach disciplines that can get you into friction with "the |
| 398 authorities" in a tyrannical regime. (Judges in prominent first-world | |
| 399 countries have ruled, for example, that knowing your way around a computer | |
| 400 is an indication that you may be involved in computer-related crimes.) | |
| 401 AnoNet gives you an opportunity to teach without your students being | |
| 402 able to point you out to the authorities, even under pain of torture. | |
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| 203 | 406 You may find yourself in the middle of a news story, but other parts |
| 407 of that news story may not appreciate your reports. When you report | |
| 408 something to WikiLeaks without going through tor, you're leaving a long | |
| 409 trail that may lead to you. With AnoNet, you can hide that trail to | |
| 410 a certain extent, if you don't want to use tor directly. (WikiLeaks | |
| 411 over tor will still give you better protection than AnoNet, if you're | |
| 412 worried about your government's intelligence agencies getting involved. | |
| 413 AnoNet's optimization towards pseudonymity with common IcannNet protocols | |
| 414 is the weakness, here. We're working on that, but in the meantime you | |
| 415 have L<tor|http://www.torproject.org/>, L<i2p|http://www.i2p2.de/>, | |
| 416 L<Freenet|http://freenetproject.org/>, L<GNUnet|http://gnunet.org/>, | |
| 417 and others.) | |
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| 420 | 419 Even if your reports are perfectly legal in your country, |
| 420 you still may become the victim of identity theft, L<like | |
| 421 some journalists reporting on the HP board leak a few years | |
| 422 ago|http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2006/09/71749> (and | |
| 423 with governments "reaching out" to corporations more now, it gets worse | |
| 424 before it gets better). It's harder to find the identity of an anonymous | |
| 425 journalist, so naturally it is harder to steal it. It's also harder to | |
| 426 find your anonymous sources. | |
| 427 | |
| 417 | 428 =item Sell Stuff Online |
| 429 | |
| 430 Well, even if you don't care about your anonymity and in fact _want_ everyone to know who you are, doing business on IcannNet isn't so safe, L<because you never know when a misguided government will sieze your domain for no real reason, without even admitting its mistake|http://torrentfreak.com/u-s-government-shuts-down-84000-websites-by-mistake-110216/>. AnoNet domains are a safer investment, because it is far more difficult for someone to sieze an AnoNet domain. In addition, L<PowerfulProxy|http://www.powerfulproxy.com/> now makes it possible to reach many AnoNet domains directly from IcannNet. | |
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| 185 | 439 Of course, that's not to say you'll have to build everything from |
| 440 scratch, but if you want to be happy here, you're best off bringing | |
| 441 your creativity along rather than leaving it behind when you join. | |
| 442 (If you've been around darknets before, you're probably quite familiar | |
| 443 with "design by committee." On AnoNet, you're more than welcome to | |
| 444 invite a committee to discuss anything you want, but you don't have to | |
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| 203 | 456 =item A-Commerce |
| 457 | |
| 458 Getting Anonymous Commerce right takes a bit of effort, since nearly | |
| 459 all governments regulate the exchange of anything that has value, in an | |
| 460 attempt to preserve their power structure. A-Commerce is a core goal | |
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| 464 | |
| 465 While the AnoNet backbone, at this point, is capable of sustaining | |
| 466 real-time video streaming, there are still some technical and | |
| 467 anonymity-preservation problems to solve before anybody here is likely | |
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| 55 | 476 |
| 477 =head2 What You Can Contribute | |
| 478 | |
| 479 Well, each of us has his own wishlist, but most of us are working on | |
| 480 moving stuff from our TODO lists to our DONE lists, so you're looking | |
| 203 | 481 at a bit of a moving (and highly subjective) target. You're more than |
| 482 welcome to contribute anything you want, and if it's interesting and/or | |
| 483 useful, it'll probably attract a following. That said, here are a number | |
| 484 of things that would benefit the AnoNet as a whole: | |
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| 486 =over | |
| 487 | |
| 488 =item Client Ports | |
| 489 | |
| 490 When a new user wants to connect, he'll normally come in through a | |
| 491 client port. The more client ports are available, the harder it is for | |
| 492 any individual client port to abuse its position (for example, if the | |
| 493 local government decides to try regulating it). | |
| 494 | |
| 495 =item Public Email Services | |
| 496 | |
| 299 | 497 Nomius runs a public mail service, and lex is working on another one. |
| 498 While more than 2 public mail services clearly aren't necessary at this | |
| 499 stage, too many is better than too few. | |
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| 516 | 521 support binary data without escaping, and to reduce code size and |
| 522 CPU cycles to read and write the protocol), and a few users now | |
| 416 | 523 have IRC servers connecting to the udpmsg4 cloud (running L<SRN's new |
| 524 IRCd|http://www.powerfulproxy.com/do_it.php/http/www.srw.ano/udpmsg4ircd>). | |
| 516 | 525 SRN and sevilNatas also run udpmsg3 bridges. |
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| 537 | |
| 538 AnoNet uses a lot of software in new and interesting ways, so AnoNet | |
| 539 users find "accidental features" quite often. If there were an easy | |
| 540 way to join the official mailing lists for some of this software, AnoNet | |
| 541 users would probably submit many more bug reports, resulting in better | |
| 542 quality software being available for us. | |
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| 562 goal (it is mostly intended for learning BGP), and that it's significantly | |
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