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📝 The Anonymity of the Dark Web: A Survey 04

2024-12-12

paper-note

This is my personal note about the paper introduction. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359421382_The_Anonymity_of_the_Dark_Web_A_Survey

This note is writing about overview of section 2 (WORKING ON THE DARK WEB) on this paper.

Working on the dark web

Technology in the dark web

  • Web
    • Surface Web
      • Almost people believes this is the web.
    • Deep Web
      • No indexed web. (Couldn't search by google)
    • Dark Web
      • No indexed
      • Cannot access by standard web browser
  • The Anonymity technique
    • Proxy
    • Virtual Private Network
    • Domain Name System Based bypassing
    • Onion Routing
  • Accessing the the dark web
    • Tor: Onion Routing
    • I2P: Garlic Routing
    • Freenet: Decentralized distributed data system

Crimes in the dark web

  • Human trafficking and sex trafficking
  • Child pornography
  • Terrorism and arms trafficking
    • Selling and buying illegal weapons but the volume of arms trafficking is smaller than the other crimes.
  • Drag trafficking
    • There is many illegal drugs selling sites.
  • Information leakage
    • Sell or trade of stolen data.
  • Malware / Ransomware
    • Deep web is best place for malware, for example hide the location of C&C servers.
  • Bitcoin and Money laundry
    • Nowadays, bitcoin is common and widely accepted even for illegal purchasing.