I2P

The Invisible Internet Project (I2P) is an anonymous network layer (implemented as a Mix Network) that allows for censorship-resistant, peer to peer communication. Anonymous connections are achieved by encrypting the user's traffic (by using end-to-end encryption), and sending it through a volunteer-run network of roughly 55,000 computers distributed around the world. Given the high number of possible paths the traffic can transit, a third party watching a full connection is unlikely. The software that implements this layer is called an "I2P router", and a computer running I2P is called an "I2P node". I2P is free and open source, and is published under multiple licenses.[5]

I2P
Original author(s)I2P Team[1]
Initial release2003 (2003)
Stable release
0.9.46 / 25 May 2020 (2020-05-25)[2]
Repository
Written inJava
Operating systemCross-platform
Available inEnglish, Spanish
Incomplete translations: Russian, French,Romanian, German, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, Arabic, Japanese, Estonian, Persian[3]
TypeOverlay network
LicenseFree/Open Source – different licenses for different parts[4] Public domain, BSD, GPL, MIT
Websitehttps://geti2p.net

Software
I2P 0.9.31-0 router console

Since I2P is an anonymous network layer, it is designed so other software can use it for anonymous communication. As such, there are a variety of tools currently available for I2P or in development.

The I2P router is controlled through the router console, which is a web frontend accessed through a web browser. Currently, Vuze and BiglyBT are the only torrent clients that makes clearnet (connections not through I2P) torrents available on I2P and vice versa, by using a plugin that connects them to the I2P network. Depending on the client settings, torrents from the internet can be made available on I2P (via announcements to I2P's DHT network) and torrents from I2P can be made available to the internet. For this reason, torrents previously published only on I2P can be made available to the entire Internet, and users of I2P can often download popular content from the Internet while maintaining the anonymity of I2P.[6]

Cultural references

In House of Cards Season 2 Episode 2, I2P is referenced.[7]

See also

Software

References
  1. "I2P Project Members". geti2p.net. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. "0.9.46 Release". geti2p.net.
  3. I2P (project), Transifex.
  4. "Licenses", Get involved, Get I2P.
  5. Gallagher, Sean (2015-01-13). "Under the hood of I2P, the Tor alternative that reloaded Silk Road". Ars Technica. Archived from the original on 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  6. "Vuze Speeds Up Torrent Downloads Through "Swarm Merging"". TorrentFreak. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  7. "Hacker-Turned-Consultant Helps 'House Of Cards'". New Orleans Public Radio. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
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