Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-31 Thread Katya Titov
Luther Blissett: Katya Titov: Nicolas Vigier: I don't know what is the exact definition of open Internet, but I'm not sure we should oppose that to Tor hidden services. The Tor hidden services are accessed using the internet, and they also look very open to me: anybody can access them if

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-31 Thread Luther Blissett
On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 20:08 +1000, Katya Titov wrote: Luther Blissett: Katya Titov: Nicolas Vigier: I don't know what is the exact definition of open Internet, but I'm not sure we should oppose that to Tor hidden services. The Tor hidden services are accessed using the internet, and

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-30 Thread Katya Titov
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 18:00:55 + mick m...@rlogin.net wrote: Katya's wiki page nicely encapsulates some the definitions, but I think the definition of deep web might benefit from some tweaking to take account of such commentary as Sergey Brin's lament back in april 2012 (1) According to

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-30 Thread Luther Blissett
On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 08:05 +1000, Katya Titov wrote: Nicolas Vigier: On Sat, 25 Jan 2014, Katya Titov wrote: - Dark web: Sites not accessible from the open Internet (Tor hidden services, I2P eepsites, etc) I don't know what is the exact definition of open

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-29 Thread mick
Katya's wiki page nicely encapsulates some the definitions, but I think the definition of deep web might benefit from some tweaking to take account of such commentary as Sergey Brin's lament back in april 2012 (1) According to the article referenced. Brin complained that Apple and Facebook's

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-27 Thread Parity Boy
@Katya From my own perspective, a network can be considered overlay if some or all of the nodes perform a relay and/or routing function via server-to-server or peer-to-peer communications. Obvious candidates include Tor, I2P and various VPN implementations, as well as IRC. Less obvious ones

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-27 Thread Nicolas Vigier
On Sat, 25 Jan 2014, Katya Titov wrote: - Dark web: Sites not accessible from the open Internet (Tor hidden services, I2P eepsites, etc) I don't know what is the exact definition of open Internet, but I'm not sure we should oppose that to Tor hidden services. The Tor

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-27 Thread Katya Titov
Nicolas Vigier: On Sat, 25 Jan 2014, Katya Titov wrote: - Dark web: Sites not accessible from the open Internet (Tor hidden services, I2P eepsites, etc) I don't know what is the exact definition of open Internet, but I'm not sure we should oppose that to Tor

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-27 Thread Katya Titov
Parity Boy: @Katya From my own perspective, a network can be considered overlay if some or all of the nodes perform a relay and/or routing function via server-to-server or peer-to-peer communications. Obvious candidates include Tor, I2P and various VPN implementations, as well as IRC.

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-26 Thread grarpamp
-- more like on the order of 1000 hidden services, many of which aren't I'll try to post a current datapoint on this later. No real news though. -- tor-talk mailing list - tor-talk@lists.torproject.org To unsubscribe or change other settings go to

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-26 Thread Katya Titov
Mirimir: On 01/25/2014 04:53 AM, Katya Titov wrote: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/HowBigIsTheDarkWeb I've never liked the term Dark Web. There's nothing dark about it, except in the sense that Africa was called the Dark Continent because it was little known in Europe. It

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-26 Thread Rick
On 01/26/2014 06:23 AM, Katya Titov wrote: I generally agree, however the term is in common usage and we're probably stuck with it, just as we're stuck with the common definition of the word 'hacker'. I guess we could define a synonymous word and use that in lieu of dark ... 'private' isn't

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-26 Thread Julie Chartier
You are hard to follow. Dont get rid of me yet ok? I'm not ready to go, Julie Chartier On Jan 26, 2014 8:45 PM, Katya Titov katti...@yandex.com wrote: Rick: Why should you be stuck with anything? You're writing an important piece for an important project: You know... the onion with the

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-26 Thread Katya Titov
Rick: Why should you be stuck with anything? You're writing an important piece for an important project: You know... the onion with the crown? What you're writing may well become a source, a reference. You drive the conversation. All the words are belong to you. :) In a very broad sense I'd

[tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Katya Titov
Hi all, I have a question or two about terminology in use when discussing non-indexable portions of the web. Relevant terms I see are deep web and dark web, with occasional references to dark Internet. Definitions which I use, and which seem to be reasonably popular are: - Deep web:

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Moritz Bartl
Hi Katya, I wish there were clear definitions for these terms, but there aren't, and I guess there never will be. I encourage you to dig deeper on this topic, and collect a nice set of opinions and links somewhere. It should not turn into a discussion on whose definition is right though... In a

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Roger Dingledine
On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 06:44:11PM +1000, Katya Titov wrote: So are there any useful stats on the size of the dark web? Check out http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#oakland2013-trawling for some statistics about the number of hidden services as of about a year ago. It's not all that precise (and the

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Lars Luthman
On Sat, 2014-01-25 at 05:06 -0500, Roger Dingledine wrote: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 06:44:11PM +1000, Katya Titov wrote: So are there any useful stats on the size of the dark web? Check out http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#oakland2013-trawling for some statistics about the number of hidden

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Katya Titov
Roger Dingledine: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 06:44:11PM +1000, Katya Titov wrote: So are there any useful stats on the size of the dark web? Check out http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#oakland2013-trawling for some statistics about the number of hidden services as of about a year ago. It's not all

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread krishna e bera
On 14-01-25 06:53 AM, Katya Titov wrote: Roger Dingledine: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 06:44:11PM +1000, Katya Titov wrote: So are there any useful stats on the size of the dark web? Check out http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#oakland2013-trawling for some statistics about the number of hidden

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Katya Titov
krishna e bera: On 14-01-25 06:53 AM, Katya Titov wrote: I've put together an article and placed it on the Tor Trac/Wiki: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/HowBigIsTheDarkWeb Cool - it's concise and useful as a reference point for media or public relations. To push the

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Moritz Bartl
On 01/25/2014 12:53 PM, Katya Titov wrote: I've put together an article and placed it on the Tor Trac/Wiki: https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/HowBigIsTheDarkWeb It's a start, and I'll keep searching for more relevant information. Thanks for this. Quite good already! There are

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Mirimir
On 01/25/2014 04:53 AM, Katya Titov wrote: Roger Dingledine: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 06:44:11PM +1000, Katya Titov wrote: So are there any useful stats on the size of the dark web? Check out http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#oakland2013-trawling for some statistics about the number of hidden

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Katya Titov
Moritz Bartl: There are approximately ​5000 Tor relays and under 2500 Tor bridges, this may provide an indication of an upper bound on the number of hidden services. There is no correlation between the number of relays and hidden services? Hidden services should rather be behind simple Tor

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Roman Mamedov
On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:33:12 -0700 Mirimir miri...@riseup.net wrote: Analogous private networks, generally called anonets, are also routed via VPNs through the Internet. There is anoNet/anoNet2 [1] which are a very specific particular project; but that's the first time ever I hear that private

Re: [tor-talk] Terminology: Deep v Dark Web

2014-01-25 Thread Mirimir
On 01/25/2014 08:42 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote: On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:33:12 -0700 Mirimir miri...@riseup.net wrote: Analogous private networks, generally called anonets, are also routed via VPNs through the Internet. There is anoNet/anoNet2 [1] which are a very specific particular project;