DARKNET

tor - the onion router

U.S. Navy
Communications
Data Transmission
Security through layers
of encrypted
communication between
nodes.

Access Through Tor

The onion router
Similar to a Firefox browser
Simple, anyone can get it
Host machine is untraceable
Can stay anonymous
Can access Darknet
Can see .onion extensions

Alternative Access with

I2P
The Invisible Internet Project
Messages encrypted
Outbound and Inbound tunnels
Data exchange
1st query must be made to I2P networks
database
Acts like a distributed hash table

Access to The Silk

Road and Knowledge
Access to Darknet = Access to Information
Onions
Government Secrets
Conspiracy Theories
The Silk Road (Market)
Weapons and drugs sold
60,000 visits per day
$1.9 million in sales every month
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Darknet Usage
Child pornography
Drugs
Counterfeit goods
Hacking information
Politics
Hardware/Software
information
Art
Other/Unknown

telegraph.co.uk, 22 April 2014

Anonymity?
Tor designed to hide identity
Surface internet browsing
Doesnt protect against vulnerabilities
o

Server

Anonymous

Showboating?
Users computers

Compromise = exposure

Traps?

Impossible to be completely anonymous online!

Alternatives

Lots of reasons not to use

Darknet
Lavabit

Silent Circle

Court order
Silent Mail
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Takeaways
Created by the US govt

Secure communications
Fraction of the Deep Web

Use the Onion

Tor/I2P
Illegal marketplace

Never anonymous

Restoring purpose

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