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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
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28 more about the mechanics of anonymity, L<there's a whole separate page
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29 here devoted to that topic|http://www.anonet2.org/anonymity>.
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33 E<lt>table>
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34 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th colspan='5'>OverviewE<lt>/th>E<lt>/tr>
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35 E<lt>tr>E<lt>td>&nbspE<lt>/td>E<lt>th>AnoNet1E<lt>/th>E<lt>th>AnoNet2E<lt>/th>E<lt>th>dn42E<lt>/th>E<lt>th>VAnetE<lt>/th>E<lt>/tr>
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36 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Claimed PurposeE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>anonymity to prevent censorshipE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>anonymity to prevent censorshipE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>have fun with BGPE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>freedom and network efficiencyE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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37 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Claimed GovernmentE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>nearly noneE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>noneE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>nearly noneE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>backbone onlyE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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38 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Actual GovernmentE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>oligarchyE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>noneE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>nearly noneE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>backbone onlyE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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39 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Actual Government betrays Claimed PurposeE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>yesE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>noE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>noE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>noE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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40 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Centralized Critical InfrastructureE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>wiki (includes resource database), client port, IRCE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>noneE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>wiki, IRCE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>allE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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41 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Decentralized Critical InfrastructureE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>routingE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>allE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>routing, resource databaseE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>noneE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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42 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Current SizeE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>20-30E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>~10E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>40-50E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>&lt;5E<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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43 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Average Monthly GrowthE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>~0%E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>~20%E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>~5%E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>~10%E<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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44 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Activity LevelE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>mediumE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>mediumE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>mediumE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>lowE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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45 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Interdarknet ConnectivityE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>censored access to AnoNet2 (must use AnoNet2 DNS), censored access to dn42 (must use AnoNet2 DNS)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>full routing to part of AnoNet1, full routing to part of dn42, full routing to VAnetE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>censored access to AnoNet (1&amp;2, must use SRN's DNS), censored access to VAnet (must use SRN's DNS)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>full routing to part of AnoNet1, full routing to AnoNet2, full routing to part of dn42E<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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46 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>DNS CoverageE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>AnoNet1E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>AnoNet (1&amp;2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNetE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>dn42, IcannNetE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>AnoNet (1&amp;2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNetE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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47 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Peering PrerequisitesE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>OpenVPN, BGP daemon, sustained IRC participation for over a monthE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>OpenVPN or tinc or quicktun, BGP daemon or static routingE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>OpenVPN, BGP daemon or static routingE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>depends on individual PoP policyE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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48 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th colspan='5'>ServicesE<lt>/th>E<lt>/tr>
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49 E<lt>tr>E<lt>td>&nbspE<lt>/td>E<lt>th>AnoNet1E<lt>/th>E<lt>th>AnoNet2E<lt>/th>E<lt>th>dn42E<lt>/th>E<lt>th>VAnetE<lt>/th>E<lt>/tr>
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50 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>RoutingE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>decentralizedE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralizedE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralizedE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>centralizedE<lt>/td>
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51 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>Resource DatabaseE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>centralized (part of wiki)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralized (part of git-based resdb)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralized (part of monotone-based registry)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>centralized (ask Borg)E<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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52 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>DocumentationE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>centralized (crzydmnd's wiki)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralized (part of git-based resdb)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>centralized (helios's wiki)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>centralized (vanet.org)E<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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53 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>ChatroomE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>centralized (single IRCnet)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralized (ad-hoc relaying between IRC and Jabber chatrooms)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>semicentralized (single IRCnet, with a Jabber chatroom relay)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralized (shared with AnoNet2)E<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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54 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>DNSE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>centralized (from wiki), several official "rootservers"E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralized (from resdb), each user fields his own, public nameservers available for the lazyE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>decentralized (from registry), multiple competing deploymentsE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>centralized (from svn), centralized official deploymentE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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55 E<lt>tr>E<lt>th>BitTorrent Trackers/IndexersE<lt>/th>E<lt>td>none?E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>1 centralized and 1 decentralized (git-based)E<lt>/td>E<lt>td>1 centralizedE<lt>/td>E<lt>td>1 centralizedE<lt>/td>E<lt>/tr>
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