# HG changeset patch # User Nick # Date 1281256063 0 # Node ID 8c1074a9de05c50830bf0cb155416b4f08f3b842 # Parent 5137f1e1cab7feb4d4bd84417595cd3f7209abb7 added links to the darknet comparison page diff -r 5137f1e1cab7 -r 8c1074a9de05 doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/faq.pod --- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/faq.pod Sun Aug 08 08:06:38 2010 +0000 +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/faq.pod Sun Aug 08 08:27:43 2010 +0000 @@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ recently demonstrated, where the user never showed his IcannNet IP address to anyone on AnoNet2.) +=item How can I learn more about AnoNet1 vs. AnoNet2? + +L + =back =head2 AnoNet vs. IcannNet diff -r 5137f1e1cab7 -r 8c1074a9de05 doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod --- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod Sun Aug 08 08:06:38 2010 +0000 +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/index.pod Sun Aug 08 08:27:43 2010 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ =head1 AnoNet, Take 2! +(Note: There's now a darknet comparison page +(L), where you can compare +and contrast the various darknet options.) + (Note: There's now a separate page (L), to answer all your AnoNet-related questions.) @@ -88,17 +92,16 @@ land you in the right place. (Once you're online, you can join "the club" at L, or L -(L, if you don't have DNS for -some reason), or L -(L, for the same reason as before and -if you want you can use SSL on port 6697). -If you don't have an IRC client handy (or if you're -too lazy to set it up to avoid leaking your real info), you can -just telnet over to L (or -L, from the outside). Alternatively, you -can point your Jabber client over to irc.somerandomnick.ano, or you can -even use Jabber s2s to talk with everybody else by just joining the MUC -room RendezVouz at irc.somerandomnick.ano.) If OpenVPN is all Greek +(L, if you don't have +DNS for some reason), or L +(L, for the same reason as before and if you +want you can use SSL on port 6697). If you don't have an IRC client handy +(or if you're too lazy to set it up to avoid leaking your real info), +you can just telnet over to L +(or L, from the outside). Alternatively, +you can point your Jabber client over to irc.somerandomnick.ano, or you +can even use Jabber s2s to talk with everybody else by just joining the +MUC room RendezVouz at irc.somerandomnick.ano.) If OpenVPN is all Greek to you, UFO's IRC server is also reachable from the public Internet (L). If IRC is all Greek to you, you may want to talk to your favorite search engine about that, or just @@ -106,8 +109,8 @@ (Note that if your only aim in joining AnoNet is to search Google anonymously, you can save yourself the hassle by just heading over to Scroogle (L). If you're looking to browse the -rest of the public Internet anonymously, though, we now have an outbound -proxy, which you're more than welcome to use.) +rest of the public Internet anonymously, though, we now have outbound +proxies, which you're more than welcome to use.) =head2 Why to Join @@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ =item * -news (NNTP) +news (NNTP) (guy appears to have died) =back @@ -265,20 +268,20 @@ =item IRC Servers -IRC on AnoNet2 isn't one big network under centralized control. Rather, -anybody who wants runs his own IRC server, and links whatever channels he -wants to channels on other servers, using a relay bot. While technically -UFO controls the relay bot responsible for all channel links today (and -can therefore "nuke" anybody by simply unlinking his server), there's -nothing stopping you from fielding your own relay bot if you ever want -to for any (or no) reason. +IRC on AnoNet2 isn't one big network under centralized control. +Rather, anybody who wants runs his own IRC (or other chat) server, and +links whatever channels he wants to channels on other servers, using +a collection of relay bots. (Right now, UFO and pragmo field relays, +and the scalability problems are becoming visible. How relay bots may +want to deal with this is still a topic for open discussion.) =item Outbound HTTP Proxies -SRN runs two right now, but that means he can snoop on all HTTP traffic -from AnoNet2 to IcannNet. Having more proxies gives you an alternative -to blindly trusting SRN not to sell your click-through data to Google, -invert the order of search results to your queries, and inject malicious -JavaScript into your Hotmail homepage. +SRN runs two right now and ryuk runs one, but that means between the two +of them they can snoop on all HTTP traffic from AnoNet2 to IcannNet. +Having more proxies gives you an alternative to blindly trusting SRN +and ryuk not to sell your click-through data to Google, invert the order +of search results to your queries, and inject malicious JavaScript into +your Hotmail homepage. =back