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24 Please keep in mind that this comparison is mostly focused on relative 24 Please keep in mind that this comparison is mostly focused on relative
25 anonymity value, rather than, say, the quality of the available social 25 anonymity value, rather than, say, the quality of the available social
26 networks. If the latter is more important to you than the former, you're 26 networks. If the latter is more important to you than the former, you're
27 almost certainly wasting your time here. If you'd like to understand 27 almost certainly wasting your time here. If you'd like to understand
28 more about the mechanics of anonymity, there's a whole separate page here 28 more about the mechanics of anonymity, L<there's a whole separate page
29 (L<http://www.anonet2.org/anonymity>) devoted to that topic. 29 here devoted to that topic|http://www.anonet2.org/anonymity>.
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33 <table> 33 <table>
34 <tr><th colspan='5'>Overview</th></tr> 34 <tr><th colspan='5'>Overview</th></tr>
35 <tr><td>&nbsp</td><th>AnoNet1</th><th>AnoNet2</th><th>dn42</th><th>VAnet</th></tr> 35 <tr><td>&nbsp</td><th>AnoNet1</th><th>AnoNet2</th><th>dn42</th><th>VAnet</th></tr>
36 <tr><th>Claimed Purpose</th><td>anonymity to prevent censorship</td><td>anonymity to preserve censorship</td><td>have fun with BGP</td><td>freedom and network efficiency</td></tr> 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>
37 <tr><th>Claimed Government</th><td>nearly none</td><td>none</td><td>nearly none</td><td>backbone only</td></tr> 37 <tr><th>Claimed Government</th><td>nearly none</td><td>none</td><td>nearly none</td><td>backbone only</td></tr>
38 <tr><th>Actual Government</th><td>oligarchy</td><td>none</td><td>nearly none</td><td>backbone only</td></tr> 38 <tr><th>Actual Government</th><td>oligarchy</td><td>none</td><td>nearly none</td><td>backbone only</td></tr>
39 <tr><th>Actual Government betrays Claimed Purpose</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td>no</td><td>no</td></tr> 39 <tr><th>Actual Government betrays Claimed Purpose</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td>no</td><td>no</td></tr>
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> 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>
41 <tr><th>Decentralized Critical Infrastructure</th><td>routing</td><td>all</td><td>routing, resource database</td><td>none</td></tr> 41 <tr><th>Decentralized Critical Infrastructure</th><td>routing</td><td>all</td><td>routing, resource database</td><td>none</td></tr>
42 <tr><th>Current Size</th><td>20-30</td><td>~10</td><td>40-50</td><td>&lt;5</td></tr> 42 <tr><th>Current Size</th><td>20-30</td><td>~10</td><td>40-50</td><td>&lt;5</td></tr>
43 <tr><th>Average Monthly Growth</th><td>~0%</td><td>~20%</td><td>~5%</td><td>~20%</td></tr> 43 <tr><th>Average Monthly Growth</th><td>~0%</td><td>~20%</td><td>~5%</td><td>~10%</td></tr>
44 <tr><th>Activity Level</th><td>medium</td><td>medium</td><td>medium</td><td>low</td></tr> 44 <tr><th>Activity Level</th><td>medium</td><td>medium</td><td>medium</td><td>low</td></tr>
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&amp;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> 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&amp;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>
46 <tr><th>DNS Coverage</th><td>AnoNet1</td><td>AnoNet (1&amp;2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNet</td><td>dn42, IcannNet</td><td>AnoNet (1&amp;2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNet</td></tr> 46 <tr><th>DNS Coverage</th><td>AnoNet1</td><td>AnoNet (1&amp;2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNet</td><td>dn42, IcannNet</td><td>AnoNet (1&amp;2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNet</td></tr>
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> 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>
48 <tr><th colspan='5'>Services</th></tr> 48 <tr><th colspan='5'>Services</th></tr>
50 <tr><th>Routing</th><td>decentralized</td><td>decentralized</td><td>decentralized</td><td>centralized</td> 50 <tr><th>Routing</th><td>decentralized</td><td>decentralized</td><td>decentralized</td><td>centralized</td>
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> 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>
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> 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>
53 <tr><th>Chatroom</th><td>centralized (single IRCnet)</td><td>decentralized (ad-hoc relaying between IRC and Jabber chatrooms)</td><td>semicentralized (single IRCnet, with a Jabber chatroom relay)</td><td>decentralized (shared with AnoNet2)</td></tr> 53 <tr><th>Chatroom</th><td>centralized (single IRCnet)</td><td>decentralized (ad-hoc relaying between IRC and Jabber chatrooms)</td><td>semicentralized (single IRCnet, with a Jabber chatroom relay)</td><td>decentralized (shared with AnoNet2)</td></tr>
54 <tr><th>DNS</th><td>centralized (from wiki), several official "rootservers"</td><td>decentralized (from resdb), each user fields his own, public nameservers available for the lazy</td><td>decentralized (from registry), multiple competing deployments</td><td>centralized (from svn), centralized official deployment</td></tr> 54 <tr><th>DNS</th><td>centralized (from wiki), several official "rootservers"</td><td>decentralized (from resdb), each user fields his own, public nameservers available for the lazy</td><td>decentralized (from registry), multiple competing deployments</td><td>centralized (from svn), centralized official deployment</td></tr>
55 <tr><th>BitTorrent Trackers/Indexers</th><td>none?</td><td>1 centralized and 1 decentralized (git-based)</td><td>1 centralized</td><td>1 centralized</td></tr>
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