From 1cdb89becad7596e84dfeba7fc9a33c2b3f96d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: str4d Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 02:59:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Split up network comparisons page into separate pages for Tor and Freenet --- i2p2www/pages/global/nav.html | 6 +- .../pages/site/docs/comparison/freenet.html | 34 +++++++++++ i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/index.html | 36 ++++++++++++ .../{networkcomparisons.html => tor.html} | 57 +------------------ 4 files changed, 76 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-) create mode 100644 i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/freenet.html create mode 100644 i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/index.html rename i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/{networkcomparisons.html => tor.html} (68%) diff --git a/i2p2www/pages/global/nav.html b/i2p2www/pages/global/nav.html index fef6eeba..5ca892e8 100644 --- a/i2p2www/pages/global/nav.html +++ b/i2p2www/pages/global/nav.html @@ -28,9 +28,11 @@
  • {{ _('ElGamal/AES+SessionTags') }}
    • -
  • {{ _('Comparison to:') }}
    +
  • {{ _('Comparisons') }}
    • diff --git a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/freenet.html b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/freenet.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0affc7f1 --- /dev/null +++ b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/freenet.html @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +{% extends "global/layout.html" %} +{% block title %}I2P Compared to Freenet{% endblock %} +{% block content %} + +

    Freenet

    +[Freenet] + +

    Freenet is a fully distributed, peer to peer anonymous publishing network, offering +secure ways to store data, as well as some approaches attempting to address the loads +of a flash flood. While Freenet is designed as a distributed data store, people have +built applications on top of it to do more generic anonymous communication, such as +static websites and message boards.

    + +

    Compared to I2P, Freenet offers some substantial benefits - it is a distributed data +store, while I2P is not, allowing people to retrieve the content published by others +even when the publisher is no longer online. In addition, it should be able to +distribute popular data fairly efficiently. I2P itself does not and will not provide +this functionality. On the other hand, there is overlap for users who simply want to +communicate with each other anonymously through websites, message boards, file sharing +programs, etc. There have also been some attempts to develop a distributed data +store to run on top of I2P, +(most recently a port of Tahoe-LAFS) +but nothing is yet ready for general use.

    + +

    However, even ignoring any implementations issues, there are some concerns +about Freenet's algorithms from both a scalability and anonymity perspective, owing +largely to Freenet's heuristic driven routing. The interactions of various techniques +certainly may successfully deter various attacks, and perhaps some aspects of the +routing algorithms will provide the hoped for scalability. Unfortunately, not much +analysis of the algorithms involved has resulted in positive results, but there is still +hope. At the very least, Freenet does provide substantial anonymity against an attacker +who does not have the resources necessary to analyze it further.

    + +{% endblock %} diff --git a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/index.html b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/index.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..eb917268 --- /dev/null +++ b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +{% extends "global/layout.html" %} +{% block title %}Comparing I2P to other projects{% endblock %} +{% block content %} +

    +There are a great many other applications and projects working on anonymous +communication and I2P has been inspired by much of their efforts. This is not +a comprehensive list of anonymity resources - both freehaven's +Anonymity Bibliography +and GNUnet's related projects +serve that purpose well. That said, a few systems stand out for further +comparison. The following have individual comparison pages: +

    + + + +

    +The following are discussed on the other networks page: +

    + + + +

    +The content of this page is subject to update, discussion and dispute, and we welcome comments and additions. +You may contribute an analysis by entering a new ticket on Trac. +

    + +{% endblock %} diff --git a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/networkcomparisons.html b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/tor.html similarity index 68% rename from i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/networkcomparisons.html rename to i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/tor.html index 053ff8e1..4e7e3b3a 100644 --- a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/networkcomparisons.html +++ b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/comparison/tor.html @@ -1,29 +1,6 @@ {% extends "global/layout.html" %} -{% block title %}I2P Compared to Tor and Freenet{% endblock %} -{% block content %}

    There are a great many other applications and projects working on anonymous -communication and I2P has been inspired by much of their efforts. This is not -a comprehensive list of anonymity resources - both freehaven's -Anonymity Bibliography -and GNUnet's related projects -serve that purpose well. That said, a few systems stand out for further -comparison. The following are discussed on this page:

    - -

    The following are discussed on the other networks page:

    - - -

    The content of this page is subject to update, discussion and dispute, and we welcome comments and additions. -You may contribute an analysis by entering a -new ticket on trac.i2p2.de. -

    +{% block title %}I2P Compared to Tor{% endblock %} +{% block content %}

    Tor / Onion Routing

    [Tor] @@ -165,34 +142,4 @@ While Tor and I2P are similar in many ways, much of the terminology is different are insufficient messages, etc) - -

    Freenet

    -[Freenet] - -

    Freenet is a fully distributed, peer to peer anonymous publishing network, offering -secure ways to store data, as well as some approaches attempting to address the loads -of a flash flood. While Freenet is designed as a distributed data store, people have -built applications on top of it to do more generic anonymous communication, such as -static websites and message boards.

    - -

    Compared to I2P, Freenet offers some substantial benefits - it is a distributed data -store, while I2P is not, allowing people to retrieve the content published by others -even when the publisher is no longer online. In addition, it should be able to -distribute popular data fairly efficiently. I2P itself does not and will not provide -this functionality. On the other hand, there is overlap for users who simply want to -communicate with each other anonymously through websites, message boards, file sharing -programs, etc. There have also been some attempts to develop a distributed data -store to run on top of I2P, -(most recently a port of Tahoe-LAFS) -but nothing is yet ready for general use.

    - -

    However, even ignoring any implementations issues, there are some concerns -about Freenet's algorithms from both a scalability and anonymity perspective, owing -largely to Freenet's heuristic driven routing. The interactions of various techniques -certainly may successfully deter various attacks, and perhaps some aspects of the -routing algorithms will provide the hoped for scalability. Unfortunately, not much -analysis of the algorithms involved has resulted in positive results, but there is still -hope. At the very least, Freenet does provide substantial anonymity against an attacker -who does not have the resources necessary to analyze it further.

    - {% endblock %}