Darknet
"DarkNet" attracts more and more attention every year. After the arrest of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the Silk Road virtual drug store, the topic is gaining momentum exponentially. Dark Internet called Darknet and Deep Web that Accesses to the darknet.
Messengers as a new dark web.
The Darknet is a private network in which communication takes place between its trusted members, the so-called peers. It differs from other peer-to-peer networks in that the IP address is not publicly available, thus ensuring the anonymity of its users. The term "darknet" appeared in the 70s of the last century and denoted networks isolated from ARPANET - the prototype of the modern Internet.
Although the darknet could receive data from the ARPANET, feedback was not available because dark network addresses did not respond to requests from outside. Today this term has a wide meaning, and means parts of the virtual space that are not regulated by censorship. The Darknet and DeepWeb is often confused with the DeepWeb, which is a mistake. While the first term refers to a separate network, the second refers to a collection of non-indexed sites on the Internet. Such sites are usually not hyperlinked to other web pages, making it difficult for search engines to find them. It is also possible to hide your resource by voluntarily refusing indexing using the robot.txt file, which in this case must be written to the site root. Accessing the darknet The difference between the darknet and the deepweb is how to access these resources.
To access the dark Internet, special software is required, the most popular of which are Tor and I2P browsers. This will allow you to surf the Tor domain territory, which has many mirrors on the I2P network. Browsers use several layers of encryption - chains of proxy servers that are randomly selected. Thus, there is a consistent encryption of the data packet.
You can download browsers on their official sites: torproject.org (Tor browser) and geti2p.net/ru/ (I2P). In order to visit the web pages of the deep Internet (Deepweb), it is enough to know its exact address, not counting the cases when authorization is required. Messengers as the new dark web Research shows that criminal activity, like the number of users in messengers, has increased 30 times in a year since July 2016. The main data of the study were invitations and links to group and private chats. According to IntSights, the most popular application among cybercriminals is Discort, followed by Telegram, Whatsapp, Skype and ICQ.
The number of users of the Tor client application - ORBot on the Android platform increased from one million to ten from 2014 to 2016. Many cybercriminals use messengers without internal encryption because they just use Tor. Many analysts agree that messengers are the future of the darknet. Aims and Objectives of the Darknet is to provide network users with no censorship and partial anonymity. The protection of its servers is provided by cryptography. However, absolute anonymity cannot be guaranteed. To do this, you must follow the rules of the darknet. The myths that only terrorists, drug dealers and maniacs live in the "dark" part of the Internet have filled the Internet. While it is easier for criminals and maniacs to remain anonymous on the darknet and deepweb,this does not make this part of the web an abode of evil. This opinion can be attributed to stereotypes. The Tor Project positions itself as an anonymous space for free communication, and according to them, 1.5% of all Tor browser users visit darknet sites. Others use it to surf the Internet safely. Nevertheless, if you do not take into account the artificially injected atmosphere around it, the darknet looks very promising. In fact, it is what the World Wide Web was supposed to become: a space outside the reach of states,where you can share ideas and not be afraid of censorship.