Hacklog Volume 1 Anonymity: it security & Ethical Hacking Handbook

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HTTP: 127.0.0.1 (port 4444)
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HTTPS: 127.0.0.1 (port 4445)
If  you  don’t  know  how  to  change  your  browser  proxies,  please  refer  to  the
previous chapter, covering Proxy Servers. For the sake of clarity, however, you
can see how to configure Firefox in Figure 21. This should be quite easy.

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Figure 21: configuring Firefox with I2P
4.2.1.4 I2P useful resources
At this point, people alway wonder: what now?
As we mentioned above, I2P will almost never allow to connect to the external
network, being a “closed” or somewhat limited circuit in terms of services.
Eepsites
Eepsites are particular sites with the .i2p extension. They are only accessible
via the I2P network (exactly like .onion nodes in the Tor network) and belong to
the  darknet  world.  We  will  cover  that  later  in  the  “Deep  Web”  chapter.  Please
note, each user in the I2P network can immediately have their .i2p site for free
and with no efforts. To do this, go to
http://127.0.0.1:7658
, to understand how to
edit the site and request the official .i2p domain.
Irc2p

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Irc2p is the name of the tunnel created during the first start of I2P. You can
configure any IRC client and connect to the following address, then use it like an
actual server. You can connect to I2P IRC server, connecting to 127.0.01:6668.
Blogging
The  I2P  circuit  includes  two  eppsites  offering  microblogging  services:
http://id3nt.i2p
 and
http://jisko.i2p
 .  They  are  not  responsive  at  the  moment,
however, and tend to load after some minutes.
Torrent
And what about an official client for downloading via torrent? Here you go!
The  project  name  is  I2PSnark,  and  you  can  immediately  reach  it  at
http://localhost:7657/i2psnark/
. Keep in mind that I2P torrenting can be as secure
as  terribly  slow:  the  problem  is  caused  both  by  the  encryption  process  and  the
lack  of  I2P  supporting  peers.  For  this  reason,  you  need  to  integrate  the  Torrent
client with a dedicated tracker. The following ones may be interesting for you:
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http://diftracker.i2p/
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http://tracker2.postman.i2p
eDonkey
Perhaps the most popular I2P project, it has been deployed together with the
I2P  core  in  the  latest  versions,  making  it  a  stand-alone  tool  de  facto.  The
reference  eepsite  address  is
http://echelon.i2p/imule
.  There’s  also  a  parallel
project,  Nachblitz
[46]
,  acting  as  an  alternate  (but  fully  compatible)  client  to
iMule,  based  on  .MET  Framework  libraries  and  available  for  Windows  and
Linux via Wine emulation.
Mail
Susimail
[47]
 is  a  particular  I2P  service,  acting  as  a  mail  interface  for  two
mailing  services  (POP3  and  SMTP)  that  can  also  be  used  with  a  local  mail
client.  Email  accounts  are  managed  by  an  official  router  (hq.postman.i2p),
offering mailing services both for dark and clear net. Such service allows you to
have a mail address in the I2P network – username@mail.i2p – and to send and
receive mail also on Internet –
[e-mail]
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NB: the service providers suggest to regularly check your mail, removing the
unnecessary  messages  in  order  to  make  room  for  other  users.  Furthermore,
according to its report abuse policy, your account may be removed, therefore you
are advised to avoid any service abuse.
Learn more
This is just an approximate list of all services in the I2P network (it couldn’t
be  any  different!).  The  most  important  projects  are  listed  at
http://echelon.i2p/
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including the development storyline of each project.
4.2.1.5 Anonymous navigation in Clearnet
Ok, before you think you’re going insane, rest assured: I mentioned that I2P
is a totally closed network... well it’s not necessarily so. In years, the loving I2P
community though about a way to use their technology to anonymize navigation
in  clearnet;  the  most  common  method  is  using  outproxies,  e.g.  routers  –  like
TOR exit nodes – capable of connecting to the standard Internet as well. If you
wish  to  try  navigating  the  Internet  with  I2P,  just  follow  the  official  website
FAQs
[48]
. Success, however, is not guaranteed (currently, there is only one very
unstable  outproxy);  if  you  wish  to  navigate  the  Clearnet,  maybe  I2P  is  not  the
network for you.

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4.2.1.6 Where to find I2P sites?
Unlike  the  TOR  network,  no  Hidden  Wikis  are  available,  but  you  can  find
many  search  engines  scattered  across  the  Dark  Net  and  the  Clearnet.  My
suggestion  is:  use  the  clearnet  to  look  for  “i2p  lists”  with  the  search  engines,
then  dig  into  the  active  eepsites  (consider  that  many  links  may  suddenly  get
broken). Furthermore, you can check a list of the active eepsites – the registered
ones – in the I2P network, referring to the index available at
http://identiguy.i2p
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4.2.1.7 Difficulties with I2P
In little more than a year, the I2P community seems to have left the project
behind.  Even  one  of  I2P  founders  abandoned  the  Syndie  and  I2P  projects,
followed by many other developers and volunteers. The biggest problem was not
only losing a programmer, but also the official
i2p.net
domain, announcing a bad
ending for this project; however, the official
geti2p.net
team wants to remark that
I2P is still alive, as proved by the new I2P releases
[49]
.
Currently, the project seems to be slightly resuming, but many eepsites – in