# HG changeset patch # User Nick # Date 1306676241 0 # Node ID 9f6446024c18a7c1ca72e6685586e764eb16863b # Parent 14999b36f0e6d6920e9e4b81a82af7163f54ab31 a2.o/faq updates diff -r 14999b36f0e6 -r 9f6446024c18 doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/faq.pod --- a/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/faq.pod Sun May 29 10:36:27 2011 +0000 +++ b/doc/www.anonet2.org/public_pod/faq.pod Sun May 29 13:37:21 2011 +0000 @@ -267,13 +267,13 @@ =item Is AnoNet1 dead, then? -AnoNet1 isn't dead yet. It's currently about the same size as AnoNet2. -However, AnoNet2 has more services online, and AnoNet2 is still growing, -while AnoNet1 is getting smaller. +AnoNet1 isn't dead yet. It's currently about half the size of AnoNet2. +AnoNet2 has more services online, and AnoNet2 is still growing, while +AnoNet1 is getting smaller. =item What's the difference between AnoNet1 and AnoNet2, then? -AnoNet2 lost peering with AnoNet1 because AnoNet1 is too centralized +AnoNet2 lost peering with AnoNet1 because AnoNet1 was too centralized to avoid censorship. AnoNet2, therefore, is essentially a reboot of AnoNet1, while paying careful attention to preventing another AnoNet split from ever being necessary. (The irony, of course, is that the level of @@ -302,49 +302,35 @@ =item Why don't AnoNet1 and AnoNet2 merge again? -The short answer is that a number of people have tried to do just that, -but AnoNet1 has adopted an exclusionary policy towards AnoNet2, for some -unspecified reason. You get bonus points if you can figure out what that -reason is. (AnoNet2 has been very careful to avoid collisions in resource -allocations with AnoNet1, even though AnoNet1 has deliberately removed -its own record of AnoNet2 resources in a recent "cleanup" of the DNS. -If AnoNet1 ever decides to reconnect with AnoNet2, no technical problems -should result.) +We finally merged again. Routing between AnoNet1 and AnoNet2 is +fully integrated. AnoNet1 IRC is now linked into the L. +The remaining AnoNet1 "rootservers" use resdb. Some AnoNet1 users still +have BGP filters against part of AnoNet2, but they are now a minority. =item Why does AnoNet2 filter advertisements to AnoNet1? Doesn't that prevent the two darknets from ever merging again? -AnoNet1 has deemed the filters necessary, for some unspecified reason. -(Advertising AnoNet2 routes on AnoNet1 is a great way to get yourself -kicked from AnoNet1.) Again, you get bonus points if you can figure out -what that reason is. (Hint: crzydmnd and risc likely know the reason, -but good luck getting them to spill the beans. Censoring the question -seems to be their favorite "answer.") Suffice it to say that if AnoNet1 -wanted to merge with AnoNet2, nobody on AnoNet2 is likely to object. - -Update: AnoNet1 and AnoNet2 now have full routing again, but some AnoNet1 -members still filter most AnoNet2 routes locally (and for downstream -peers). The "official" AnoNet1 wiki, for example, is unreachable from -most of AnoNet2. +AnoNet2 no longer filters advertisements to AnoNet1. AnoNet1 users that +do not want AnoNet2 routes filter them if they care. =item Do I have to choose between AnoNet1 and AnoNet2, or is there a way to join both? -On the IP level, when you join one you automatically join the other. -The easiest way to claim resources is with the AnoNet2 resdb. It is -the only complete database of AnoNet resources, and it is the only -decentralized resource database. You can join IRC on AnoNet1 or AnoNet2 -or both (but crzydmnd and risc kick people from AnoNet1 IRC, apparently -for fun). You can contribute to the AnoNet1 wiki or the AnoNet2 wikis, -or you can make your own. +On the IP level, when you join one you automatically join the other. The +easiest way to claim resources is with the AnoNet2 resdb. It is the only +complete database of AnoNet resources, and it is the only decentralized +resource database. AnoNet1 IRC is now connected to L. +You can contribute to the AnoNet1 wiki or the AnoNet2 wikis, or you can +make your own. =item If the two parts of AnoNet are connected again, why are they still being advertized separately? -Currently, there is still a single point of failure connecting AnoNet1 -and AnoNet2 at the IP level. In addition, AnoNet1 and AnoNet2 still -have completely separate governments. (AnoNet1 has a government, while -AnoNet2 doesn't.) +We still did not combine marketing again ;-) =item Which darknet preserves my anonymity better, AnoNet1 or AnoNet2? +[Update: This question is no longer relevant.] + Well, AnoNet1 has stricter rules (and more centralization, as a prerequisite to rule enforcement), so as long as you trust "the powers that be" to preserve your anonymity, you get better anonymity guarantees. @@ -403,4 +389,9 @@ AnoNet tomorrow, since the overwhelming majority of AnoNet peering is tunneled over IcannNet. +=item Sometimes in IcannNet I don't want to be anonymous. Can I replace IcannNet for then also? + +Nobody can force you to be anonymous. If you protect the anonymity of +your peers then it is not a problem that you don't protect your anonymity. + =back