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Scalable anonymity with I2P (Linux.com)
Linux.com looks at
the Invisible Internet Project (I2P). "In I2P, each participating
peer keeps a secret pool of inbound, or data-receiving, and outbound, or
data-transmitting, tunnels it chooses itself. A tunnel consists of a
configurable number of routers in sequence, where longer tunnels mean more
anonymity, at the expense of performance. When a peer sends data, it is
passed through one of its outbound tunnels, at the end of which it enters
an inbound tunnel of the recipient. For each router that is part of the
chosen tunnel, a layer of encryption based on the router's key is
added. This technique, the main feature of "onion routing," prevents
compromised routers from eavesdropping."
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