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1 =head1 Darknet Comparison |
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3 Back to homepage - L<http://www.anonet2.org/> |
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5 There are a number of darknets out there. Different darknets have |
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6 different features, which any individual may consider as advantages (or |
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7 disadvantages) depending on his goals. This page attempts to present |
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8 an accurate comparison between the different darknets known to SRN. |
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9 In particular, SRN has attempted to avoid being unjustly critical of |
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10 AnoNet1 even after having been a victim of AnoNet1's ugly side on multiple |
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11 occasions (although obviously, no attempt has been made to avoid "earned" |
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12 criticism). If you'd like to add other darknets to this table, keep |
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13 in mind that all of anonet2.org is freely editable from within AnoNet. |
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14 If none of the existing darknets suit your needs, you're encouraged |
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15 to advertise your new one here. You're also more than welcome to spam |
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16 AnoNet IRC for new members, but if your advertisements get redundant and |
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17 boring and redundant and repetitive and redundant after a while, don't |
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18 be surprised if people start b</ignore>ing you. (Please don't let that |
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19 discourage you, if you truly believe your new darknet is worth joining. |
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20 You may want to rethink your advertising strategy, though.) You may |
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21 also be able to get help in planning and/or building a new darknet on |
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22 AnoNet IRC. |
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24 Please keep in mind that this comparison is mostly focused on relative |
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25 anonymity value, rather than, say, the quality of the available social |
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26 networks. If the latter is more important to you than the former, you're |
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27 almost certainly wasting your time here. If you'd like to understand |
| 153 | 28 more about the mechanics of anonymity, L<there's a whole separate page |
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33 >table> |
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34 >tr>>th colspan='5'>Overview>/th>>/tr> |
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35 >tr>>td> >/td>>th>AnoNet1>/th>>th>AnoNet2>/th>>th>dn42>/th>>th>VAnet>/th>>/tr> |
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36 >tr>>th>Claimed Purpose>/th>>td>anonymity to prevent censorship>/td>>td>anonymity to prevent censorship>/td>>td>have fun with BGP>/td>>td>freedom and network efficiency>/td>>/tr> |
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37 >tr>>th>Claimed Government>/th>>td>nearly none>/td>>td>none>/td>>td>nearly none>/td>>td>backbone only>/td>>/tr> |
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38 >tr>>th>Actual Government>/th>>td>oligarchy>/td>>td>none>/td>>td>nearly none>/td>>td>backbone only>/td>>/tr> |
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39 >tr>>th>Actual Government betrays Claimed Purpose>/th>>td>yes>/td>>td>no>/td>>td>no>/td>>td>no>/td>>/tr> |
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40 >tr>>th>Centralized Critical Infrastructure>/th>>td>wiki (includes resource database), client port, IRC>/td>>td>none>/td>>td>wiki, IRC>/td>>td>all>/td>>/tr> |
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41 >tr>>th>Decentralized Critical Infrastructure>/th>>td>routing>/td>>td>all>/td>>td>routing, resource database>/td>>td>none>/td>>/tr> |
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42 >tr>>th>Current Size>/th>>td>20-30>/td>>td>~10>/td>>td>40-50>/td>>td><5>/td>>/tr> |
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43 >tr>>th>Average Monthly Growth>/th>>td>~0%>/td>>td>~20%>/td>>td>~5%>/td>>td>~10%>/td>>/tr> |
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44 >tr>>th>Activity Level>/th>>td>medium>/td>>td>medium>/td>>td>medium>/td>>td>low>/td>>/tr> |
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45 >tr>>th>Interdarknet Connectivity>/th>>td>censored access to AnoNet2 (must use AnoNet2 DNS), censored access to dn42 (must use AnoNet2 DNS)>/td>>td>full routing to part of AnoNet1, full routing to part of dn42, full routing to VAnet>/td>>td>censored access to AnoNet (1&2, must use SRN's DNS), censored access to VAnet (must use SRN's DNS)>/td>>td>full routing to part of AnoNet1, full routing to AnoNet2, full routing to part of dn42>/td>>/tr> |
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46 >tr>>th>DNS Coverage>/th>>td>AnoNet1>/td>>td>AnoNet (1&2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNet>/td>>td>dn42, IcannNet>/td>>td>AnoNet (1&2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNet>/td>>/tr> |
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47 >tr>>th>Peering Prerequisites>/th>>td>OpenVPN, BGP daemon, sustained IRC participation for over a month>/td>>td>OpenVPN or tinc or quicktun, BGP daemon or static routing>/td>>td>OpenVPN, BGP daemon or static routing>/td>>td>depends on individual PoP policy>/td>>/tr> |
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50 >tr>>th>Routing>/th>>td>decentralized>/td>>td>decentralized>/td>>td>decentralized>/td>>td>centralized>/td> |
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51 >tr>>th>Resource Database>/th>>td>centralized (part of wiki)>/td>>td>decentralized (part of git-based resdb)>/td>>td>decentralized (part of monotone-based registry)>/td>>td>centralized (ask Borg)>/td>>/tr> |
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52 >tr>>th>Documentation>/th>>td>centralized (crzydmnd's wiki)>/td>>td>decentralized (part of git-based resdb)>/td>>td>centralized (helios's wiki)>/td>>td>centralized (vanet.org)>/td>>/tr> |
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