>> 1. What are alternatives to tor (possibly with less functionality)? > > I2P has been touted, but despite a stated intention, it still lacks > the most relevant fundamental enhancement over tor: > - chaff traffic (i.e. maintain e.g. a 15kibps connection to each of my > direct peers, throtting and chaff-filling as needed to achieve that)
I2P is a good contender to replace hidden services, but isn't really designed to replace the routing/anonymization for access to the clearnet. Maybe JAP for that aspect? Tor has a lot of traction, I don't see anything replacing it until/unless it disappears. Any overlay network has a lot of hard yards to do to become popular, as Tor and I2P have discovered. J
