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diff --git a/src/posts/I2P.md b/src/posts/I2P.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1d2e0e --- /dev/null +++ b/src/posts/I2P.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +title: Trying out I2P 🕵️ +date: 2024-09-22 +layout: post +tags: + - tech +--- +## What is I2P? +<img class="right-image" width="250" src="/images/logos/i2p.png"> +<a href="https://i2p.net/">I2P</a> stands for "The Invisible Internet Project" and it is a totally private and encrypted private network layer. If you have ever heard of or used the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor project</a>, it is similar, but the I2P network is more secure and faster. + +### What is the point of using I2P? +This is a good question. Why should you or I even use I2P? The answer is simple: it offers many interesting things, for example: +- Over 7,000 unique websites to visit +- Free fully private Email address +- Private IRCs +- Fully decentralization +- Advanced userbase +- Faster than the <a href="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor</a> and <a href="https://staging.freenetproject.org/">freenet</a> +Overall, I2P offers a lot to you and has an amazing community of friendly people. + +*** + +## My experience +I installed i2pd onto my home server. I chose i2pd because it is written in C, making it faster than the normal I2P package. + +After installing and starting up i2pd with Systemd, I had to forward the ports on my local network so that I could use I2P. This can be done by running a simple command: + +> ssh -fTNL 4444:127.0.0.1:4444 -L 7070:127.0.0.1:7070 <username> + +I would strongly suggest using <a href="https://librewolf.net/">Librewolf</a> to look through the I2P network. + +*** + +Here are a few websites I do like: +- <a href="http://notbob.i2p">">http://notbob.i2p/</a> +- <a href="http://ramble.i2p">http://ramble.i2p/</a> +Most of the websites on I2P are personal sites, and I highly suggest using NotBob to look for them because some of them are really cool. + +## Conclusion +Most of the websites on I2P are personal sites. I highly suggest using NotBob to look for them because some of them are really cool. |