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 sourced, and is published under multiple licenses.
Original author(s) | I2P Team |
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Initial release | 2003 |
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Written in | Java |
Operating system | Cross-platform: Unix-like (Android, Linux, BSD, macOS), Microsoft Windows |
Available in | English, Spanish Incomplete translations: Russian, French, Romanian, German, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Dutch, Polish, Hungarian, Arabic, Japanese, Estonian, Persian |
Type | Anonymity application, Overlay network, mix network, garlic router, peer-to-peer |
License | Free/Open Source – different licenses for different parts Public domain, BSD, GPL, MIT |
Website | Failed to render property official website: official website property not found. |
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