# HG changeset patch # User Nick # Date 1284491041 0 # Node ID 8cafb87495ee379002b4bc5d9024d64085ddb668 # Parent 2520aec9ed2f45ec29a876231a83c446824e9f1d reverting the last two - neither works diff -r 2520aec9ed2f -r 8cafb87495ee doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/darknet_comparison.pod --- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/darknet_comparison.pod Tue Sep 14 19:01:52 2010 +0000 +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/darknet_comparison.pod Tue Sep 14 19:04:01 2010 +0000 @@ -30,29 +30,29 @@ =begin xhtml -<table> - <tr><th colspan='5'>Overview</th></tr> - <tr><td> </td><th>AnoNet1</th><th>AnoNet2</th><th>dn42</th><th>VAnet</th></tr> - <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> - <tr><th>Claimed Government</th><td>nearly none</td><td>none</td><td>nearly none</td><td>backbone only</td></tr> - <tr><th>Actual Government</th><td>oligarchy</td><td>none</td><td>nearly none</td><td>backbone only</td></tr> - <tr><th>Actual Government betrays Claimed Purpose</th><td>yes</td><td>no</td><td>no</td><td>no</td></tr> - <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> - <tr><th>Decentralized Critical Infrastructure</th><td>routing</td><td>all</td><td>routing, resource database</td><td>none</td></tr> - <tr><th>Current Size</th><td>20-30</td><td>~10</td><td>40-50</td><td><5</td></tr> - <tr><th>Average Monthly Growth</th><td>~0%</td><td>~20%</td><td>~5%</td><td>~10%</td></tr> - <tr><th>Activity Level</th><td>medium</td><td>medium</td><td>medium</td><td>low</td></tr> - <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> - <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> - <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> - <tr><th colspan='5'>Services</th></tr> - <tr><td> </td><th>AnoNet1</th><th>AnoNet2</th><th>dn42</th><th>VAnet</th></tr> - <tr><th>Routing</th><td>decentralized</td><td>decentralized</td><td>decentralized</td><td>centralized</td> - <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> - <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> - <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> - <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> - <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> -</table> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Overview
 AnoNet1AnoNet2dn42VAnet
Claimed Purposeanonymity to prevent censorshipanonymity to prevent censorshiphave fun with BGPfreedom and network efficiency
Claimed Governmentnearly nonenonenearly nonebackbone only
Actual Governmentoligarchynonenearly nonebackbone only
Actual Government betrays Claimed Purposeyesnonono
Centralized Critical Infrastructurewiki (includes resource database), client port, IRCnonewiki, IRCall
Decentralized Critical Infrastructureroutingallrouting, resource databasenone
Current Size20-30~1040-50<5
Average Monthly Growth~0%~20%~5%~10%
Activity Levelmediummediummediumlow
Interdarknet Connectivitycensored access to AnoNet2 (must use AnoNet2 DNS), censored access to dn42 (must use AnoNet2 DNS)full routing to part of AnoNet1, full routing to part of dn42, full routing to VAnetcensored access to AnoNet (1&2, must use SRN's DNS), censored access to VAnet (must use SRN's DNS)full routing to part of AnoNet1, full routing to AnoNet2, full routing to part of dn42
DNS CoverageAnoNet1AnoNet (1&2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNetdn42, IcannNetAnoNet (1&2), dn42, VAnet, IcannNet
Peering PrerequisitesOpenVPN, BGP daemon, sustained IRC participation for over a monthOpenVPN or tinc or quicktun, BGP daemon or static routingOpenVPN, BGP daemon or static routingdepends on individual PoP policy
Services
 AnoNet1AnoNet2dn42VAnet
Routingdecentralizeddecentralizeddecentralizedcentralized
Resource Databasecentralized (part of wiki)decentralized (part of git-based resdb)decentralized (part of monotone-based registry)centralized (ask Borg)
Documentationcentralized (crzydmnd's wiki)decentralized (part of git-based resdb)centralized (helios's wiki)centralized (vanet.org)
Chatroomcentralized (single IRCnet)decentralized (ad-hoc relaying between IRC and Jabber chatrooms)semicentralized (single IRCnet, with a Jabber chatroom relay)decentralized (shared with AnoNet2)
DNScentralized (from wiki), several official "rootservers"decentralized (from resdb), each user fields his own, public nameservers available for the lazydecentralized (from registry), multiple competing deploymentscentralized (from svn), centralized official deployment
BitTorrent Trackers/Indexersnone?1 centralized and 1 decentralized (git-based)1 centralized1 centralized
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