comparison doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod @ 98:8c1074a9de05 draft

added links to the darknet comparison page
author Nick <nick@somerandomnick.ano>
date Sun, 08 Aug 2010 08:27:43 +0000
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1 =head1 AnoNet, Take 2! 1 =head1 AnoNet, Take 2!
2
3 (Note: There's now a darknet comparison page
4 (L<http://www.anonet2.org/darknet_comparison>), where you can compare
5 and contrast the various darknet options.)
2 6
3 (Note: There's now a separate page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/faq>), 7 (Note: There's now a separate page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/faq>),
4 to answer all your AnoNet-related questions.) 8 to answer all your AnoNet-related questions.)
5 9
6 So, you came across anoNet and thought it sounded great, so you decided 10 So, you came across anoNet and thought it sounded great, so you decided
86 client port, UFO's CP (L<http://ix.ucis.nl/clientport.php> 90 client port, UFO's CP (L<http://ix.ucis.nl/clientport.php>
87 or L<http://www.qontrol.nl/anonet-cp.tgz>) will already 91 or L<http://www.qontrol.nl/anonet-cp.tgz>) will already
88 land you in the right place. (Once you're online, you 92 land you in the right place. (Once you're online, you
89 can join "the club" at L<irc://1.3.3.7:6667/anonet>, 93 can join "the club" at L<irc://1.3.3.7:6667/anonet>,
90 or L<irc://irc.somerandomnick.ano:6667/RendezVous> 94 or L<irc://irc.somerandomnick.ano:6667/RendezVous>
91 (L<irc://1.0.27.103:6667/RendezVous>, if you don't have DNS for 95 (L<irc://1.0.27.103:6667/RendezVous>, if you don't have
92 some reason), or L<irc://irc.pragmo.ano:6667/atomic> 96 DNS for some reason), or L<irc://irc.pragmo.ano:6667/atomic>
93 (L<irc://1.0.17.111:6667/atomic>, for the same reason as before and 97 (L<irc://1.0.17.111:6667/atomic>, for the same reason as before and if you
94 if you want you can use SSL on port 6697). 98 want you can use SSL on port 6697). If you don't have an IRC client handy
95 If you don't have an IRC client handy (or if you're 99 (or if you're too lazy to set it up to avoid leaking your real info),
96 too lazy to set it up to avoid leaking your real info), you can 100 you can just telnet over to L<telnet://irc.somerandomnick.ano:2323/>
97 just telnet over to L<telnet://irc.somerandomnick.ano:2323/> (or 101 (or L<telnet://ufo-net.nl:2323/>, from the outside). Alternatively,
98 L<telnet://ufo-net.nl:2323/>, from the outside). Alternatively, you 102 you can point your Jabber client over to irc.somerandomnick.ano, or you
99 can point your Jabber client over to irc.somerandomnick.ano, or you can 103 can even use Jabber s2s to talk with everybody else by just joining the
100 even use Jabber s2s to talk with everybody else by just joining the MUC 104 MUC room RendezVouz at irc.somerandomnick.ano.) If OpenVPN is all Greek
101 room RendezVouz at irc.somerandomnick.ano.) If OpenVPN is all Greek
102 to you, UFO's IRC server is also reachable from the public Internet 105 to you, UFO's IRC server is also reachable from the public Internet
103 (L<irc://irc.kwaaknet.org:6667/anonet>). If IRC is all Greek to you, 106 (L<irc://irc.kwaaknet.org:6667/anonet>). If IRC is all Greek to you,
104 you may want to talk to your favorite search engine about that, or just 107 you may want to talk to your favorite search engine about that, or just
105 use KwaakNet's Webchat (L<http://webchat.kwaaknet.org/?c=AnoNet>). 108 use KwaakNet's Webchat (L<http://webchat.kwaaknet.org/?c=AnoNet>).
106 (Note that if your only aim in joining AnoNet is to search Google 109 (Note that if your only aim in joining AnoNet is to search Google
107 anonymously, you can save yourself the hassle by just heading over to 110 anonymously, you can save yourself the hassle by just heading over to
108 Scroogle (L<http://www.scroogle.org/>). If you're looking to browse the 111 Scroogle (L<http://www.scroogle.org/>). If you're looking to browse the
109 rest of the public Internet anonymously, though, we now have an outbound 112 rest of the public Internet anonymously, though, we now have outbound
110 proxy, which you're more than welcome to use.) 113 proxies, which you're more than welcome to use.)
111 114
112 =head2 Why to Join 115 =head2 Why to Join
113 116
114 (Note: There's now a separate page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/links>) 117 (Note: There's now a separate page (L<http://www.anonet2.org/links>)
115 with links to many more reasons to join AnoNet.) 118 with links to many more reasons to join AnoNet.)
225 228
226 email 229 email
227 230
228 =item * 231 =item *
229 232
230 news (NNTP) 233 news (NNTP) (guy appears to have died)
231 234
232 =back 235 =back
233 236
234 If you want something that's not on either list, you'll either have to 237 If you want something that's not on either list, you'll either have to
235 set it up yourself, or con somebody else into setting it up himself. (If 238 set it up yourself, or con somebody else into setting it up himself. (If
263 AnoNet1 Web continues to advertise it). SRN is working on setting up 266 AnoNet1 Web continues to advertise it). SRN is working on setting up
264 such an animal on AnoNet2, but competition here is a good thing. 267 such an animal on AnoNet2, but competition here is a good thing.
265 268
266 =item IRC Servers 269 =item IRC Servers
267 270
268 IRC on AnoNet2 isn't one big network under centralized control. Rather, 271 IRC on AnoNet2 isn't one big network under centralized control.
269 anybody who wants runs his own IRC server, and links whatever channels he 272 Rather, anybody who wants runs his own IRC (or other chat) server, and
270 wants to channels on other servers, using a relay bot. While technically 273 links whatever channels he wants to channels on other servers, using
271 UFO controls the relay bot responsible for all channel links today (and 274 a collection of relay bots. (Right now, UFO and pragmo field relays,
272 can therefore "nuke" anybody by simply unlinking his server), there's 275 and the scalability problems are becoming visible. How relay bots may
273 nothing stopping you from fielding your own relay bot if you ever want 276 want to deal with this is still a topic for open discussion.)
274 to for any (or no) reason.
275 277
276 =item Outbound HTTP Proxies 278 =item Outbound HTTP Proxies
277 279
278 SRN runs two right now, but that means he can snoop on all HTTP traffic 280 SRN runs two right now and ryuk runs one, but that means between the two
279 from AnoNet2 to IcannNet. Having more proxies gives you an alternative 281 of them they can snoop on all HTTP traffic from AnoNet2 to IcannNet.
280 to blindly trusting SRN not to sell your click-through data to Google, 282 Having more proxies gives you an alternative to blindly trusting SRN
281 invert the order of search results to your queries, and inject malicious 283 and ryuk not to sell your click-through data to Google, invert the order
282 JavaScript into your Hotmail homepage. 284 of search results to your queries, and inject malicious JavaScript into
283 285 your Hotmail homepage.
284 =back 286
287 =back