Interconnection between darknets

Tor and i2p networks are two of the most popular darknets. Both darknets have become an area of illegal activities highlighting the necessity to study and analyze them to identify and report illegal content to law enforcement agencies (LEAs). This article analyzes the connections between the Tor net...

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Autores: Cilleruelo Rodríguez, Carlos|||0000-0001-7107-8655, Marcos Ortega, Luis de|||0000-0003-0718-8774, Junquera Sánchez, Javier|||0000-0002-4597-6539, Martínez Herraiz, José Javier|||0000-0002-2351-7163
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/67140
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/67140
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MIC.2020.3037723
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Relays
Measurement
Internet
Tools
Crawlers
Social networking (online)
Indexes
Tori2p
Darknet
Graph Analysis
Dataset
Informática
Computer science
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Sumario:Tor and i2p networks are two of the most popular darknets. Both darknets have become an area of illegal activities highlighting the necessity to study and analyze them to identify and report illegal content to law enforcement agencies (LEAs). This article analyzes the connections between the Tor network and the i2p network. We created the first dataset that combines information from Tor and i2p networks. The dataset contains more than 49k darknet services. The process of building and analyzing the dataset shows that it is not possible to explore one of the networks without considering the other. Both networks work as an ecosystem and there are clear paths between them. Using graph analysis, we also identified the most relevant domains, the prominent types of services in each network, and their relations. Findings are relevant to LEAs and researchers aiming to crawl and investigate i2p and Tor networks.