DarkNet Plan
This reddit is dedicated to organizing and creating a decentralized VPN as the first stage of the darknet plan.
Feel free to edit anything on this page. If you would like to discuss changes, here is a post about the wiki.
The main project that is taking place is the establishment of a worldwide map of willing clients for a meshnet.
Right now, the map is broken and I will be adding another map in the next couple of days. It will allow you to contact other interested people near you so you can begin establishing a local secure meshnet.
Below is a list of other projects that are taking place:
Reddit I2P: http://www.reddit.com/r/darknetplan/comments/ez5ou/reddit_on_i2p_is_already_there/
Tor Project: http://www.torproject.org/docs/tor-doc-relay.html.en
Be sure to check these things out.
If you have any knowledge in this area please PM wolfeater.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Darknet Plan?
The Darknet plan is a plan to replace current internet infrastructure with a massive secure mesh network to prevent corporate and government censorship.
What is a mesh network?
A mesh network is basically a network where each client directly connects to other clients in the network instead of all the clients being attached to cable leading to an Internet Service Provider.
Why is a mesh network better?
Since a mesh network is run by users instead of by an ISP, it is difficult to censor and/or shut down. The network would also be built to prevent spying by governments and corporations.
What are the first steps to building this network?
The first steps are to finish development of needed software, and to establish local mesh networks across the United States and the world.
How can I establish a local meshnet?
This part is not ridiculously difficult even in rural areas. Find some neighbors and friends that would be willing to try it and are visible from at least one other house in the network. Next, you need to buy appropriate hardware (more on this soon) and use either professional or home made antenna boosters to connect wifi between each of the houses. There are guides online that will explain it better than I can. Like this guide: PDF.
Resources
Information, Education , and Presentation Materials
- Images, Creative Commons licensed (via)
- Thread explaining the concept to a journalist
- Building a Rural Wireless Mesh Network: A do-it-yourself guide to planning and building a Freifunk based mesh network PDF (via)
- Long-range Wi-Fi on Wikipedia (via)
Discussion, Brainstorming, and Planning
Most recent first
- Some suggestions for Darknet infrastructure
- It's time to start an organized effort to complete the first phase of the Darknet Plan.
- Phase 1: OpenVPN extranet
- Some Ideas For Darknet Implementation, Encryption, & Integration (via)
- Piggyback, a F2F darknet bootstrapping protocol that piggybacks on Social Media sites.
- How about a sneaker Internet
- Alternative suggestion
- What exactly is the plan?
- So what are our first steps?
Maps and Connections
Project Map (discussion, and more, and proposal)deprecated, for reasons listed here- Hacker Spaces (explanation)
- Dallas, TX
- Vermont
Software
(This can probably be subdivided)
- Freenet
- Freifunk (much of the information is in German)
- GNUnet
- I2P reddit server (announcement, proposal)
- Liberté: Linux (via)
- Netsukuku (discussion)
- OneSwarm
- RetroShare
- Routing Protocols: full list, abbreviated list
- Serval (via)
- Tor (discussion)
- Veiled (via)
- A collection of java apps for evaluating darknet routing efficiency via simulation (via)
Hardware
Routers
- MR500 Mesh Router (via)
- Nano Station Loco (via)
- Ubiquiti Routers and Antennas, particularly their lowest cost solution, Bullet (via)
Antennas
- Biquad (repurposed satellite dish) (discussion), youtube example (via)
- Parabolic Reflector Template
- Ronja Optical Link (discussion)
- WokFi, images/tutorials (via)
- Yagi-Uda
DNS
- 4 Little Words, try it, discussion
- Distributed DNS (not updated recently)
- Distributed DNS system Proposal by Pirate Bay Founder (via)
- MafiaaFire Firefox domain seizure work-around plugin (list of seized domains, via)
- Netsukuku Domain Name Architecture (ANDNA)
Other Independent Network Efforts
- Athens Wireless Metropolitan Network (via) proggit discussion, map, home page (Greek)
- guifi.net (much of the information is in Spanish)
- InternetThree, initial post
- MIT Roofnet (via)
- ninux.org (much of the information is in Italian)
- Seattle Wireless
- wlan slovenia, formerly wlan ljubljana (English is at the bottom)
Comparisons
Other Resource Collections
- A list of open source ad-hoc network and routing protocols/platforms. (via)
- internet4.org (via)
- MondoNet (sitemap)
- List of several Mesh Networking and Anonymity Projects. (via)
News
- Dutch Anti-Piracy Group, With MPAA's Help, Able To Grab 29 US-Hosted Domains... With No Trial Or Notice (via)
- Egypt has Shut Off the Internet (discussion)
- Global net crackdown to shatter 'utopian' internet: experts (discussion)
- My Senator just informed me the President can shut off the Internet as we speak... (via)
Other
These have been mentioned in the subreddit, and may warrant further research:
- nullnet
- Teredo
- Tribler