Guide to I2P and I2P services - Version 1
**PREFACE**
There has been a guide to Tor hidden services for a long while now. It was about time for an I2P guide. For reference, here's the latest Tor Guide for Hidden Service (V. 4.0) http://pastebin.com/zRLGDRCM
Please read the FAQ at the end of this document for information on how to connect to the services listed below.
**I2P services**
SEARCH ENGINES:
eepsites - This search engine has been around for a long number of years. Also available on the clearnet via http://eepsite.com "This site provides a web interface to a database about files available within the anonymous I2P network. A dedicated, automated web crawler keeps the database up-to-date." http://eepsites.i2p
eye.i2p - Supports somewhat advanced query options. http://eye.i2p
epsilon.i2p - "Epsilon Search is a search engine that indexes eepsites on I2P." http://epsilon.i2p
IMAGEBOARDS:
Oniichan - Chan run by chisquare. Many categories, active-ish. http://oniichan.i2p
Anch - "This site was made by anarchists and for anarchists. This site is russian-speaking, except /int/, which is international." http://anch.i2p
(PERSONAL) SITES AND BLOGS:
augenscheinlich - A blog in Germany about Net politics, surveillance, secret services, leaks, and so forth. Frequently updated as of this writing. http://augenscheinlich.i2p
str4d - Home of str4d. It has guides, a blog, links, notes, and infographics. http://str4d.i2p
killyourtv.i2p - KillYourTV's home. Including How-Tos, a blog and a description of his services. http://killyourtv.i2p
Shadow Life - "Enjoy your stay below the radar". Well written and lenghty posts on anonymity. Would recommend. http://shadowlife.i2p
Cheech-Wizard - Blog of resident I2P user Cheech-Wizard, serving comics, music and thoughts. http://cheech-wizard.i2p
Dark Like My Soul - fancycakes' blog. Interesting and useful blogposts. http://dlms.i2p
SIGINT - Personal site/blog of sigint. http://sigint.i2p
dcherukhin - Personal blog and link list of a Russian man named Dmitriy Cherukhin. Appears to be an academic. http://dcherukhin.i2p
Raegdan's Refuge - Yet another Russian blog. http://mcr76yyq5f2e6a3b5vvrd5v6uyseyzhgculi6leptadjd5ua7c4q.b32.i2p
The Anon Dog - Daily updated links to (news) articles on politics, security, revolts, etc. "h4364r's Anonymous Daily on I2P" http://theanondog.i2p
Actap's Home page - "I'm Actap from Russia. Increasing Internet censorship level in my country brought me here." Hosts a constantly updated list of sites banned in Russia. http://actap.i2p
φlabs - Anja's "little corner on cipherspace". http://philabs.i2p
Chiron's I2P Eepsite - Entertaining homepage of a seemingly disorganised and at times angry German I2P user with limited grasp of the English language. He has added a puzzle to his website which leads to his personal information. Confirmed to be the manliest man on I2P. Rumored to be the operator of the I2P mainframe. http://i2p2go.i2p
sighup's eepsite - "Homepage of sighup". A blog, IRC logs of some irc2p channels, contact information, and some other stuff. http://sighup.i2p
darrob.i2p - Personal site of darrob. Some Tahoe-LAFS related stuff. http://darrob.i2p
peek-a-boo eepsite - ReturningNovice's eepsite. http://i2peek-a-boo.i2p
justme.i2p - Home of RandomI2PUser. Some books, music and programs available. http://justme.i2p
Meeh's home - One or two tutorials and a description of the services run by Meeh. http://meeh.i2p
Home of a Japanese I2P user. http://benkiman.i2p
lurker.i2p - "A non-organic lifeform". Home of Frost, the operator of ZeroFiles. Has a blog and a hosts.txt file. http://lurker.i2p
Complication - A really old personal site. Interesting snippets from the beginning of I2P when there were just a handful of users. Hasn't been updated in a couple of years. http://complication.i2p
Man of Perdition - "Things your goverment & church don't want you to know." Do not enter without triple-layered tinfoil hat. http://manofperdition.i2p
Freshcoffee - Plain and simple but well crafted home of cervantes. Lists some cryptographic keys. http://freshcoffee.i2p
Schwarzwald - Quite an empty website. http://schwarzwald.i2p
Doom - Yet another empty personal website. It lists a GPG key. http://doom.i2p
luminosus - Lists some contact information. http://luminosus.i2p
Cable Viewer - "A Cat's Mirror of Wikileaks Cablegate site." http://leakager.i2p
main.paraZite - A mirror of the (in)famous "paraZite" http://loinen.i2p
I2P Planet - "planet.i2p is an RSS aggregator for I2P trackers, blogs, and other feeds." http://planet.i2p
hashparty - "Home of hashparty, the blackhat hash cracking feast!" http://hashparty.i2p
Cool looking site in Spanish about privacy, government control, GSM, mobile phones, privacy, security, hacks, IMSI-catcher, etc. http://quematumovil.i2p
UC ZEON - UC 0079-0093 ZEON REMNANTS. http://uczeon.i2p
Buråsskolan - A Swedish site (or rather, a page) about cryptoanarchy (I suppose). http://kryptoanarki.i2p
anarchydocuments.i2p - A mirror of texfiles.com's "Anarchy and Explosives and General Mayhem" section. http://anarchydocuments.i2p
Abusos judiciales en España - Info about abuse by courts and lawyers in Spain. http://abusos.i2p
Info Security - A Russian blog on information systems security. Seems dead. http://infosecurity.i2p
Anarplex - Darknets and cipherpunked agorism. http://anarplex.i2p
Lenta.i2p - Very active news blog on Russian affairs. http://lenta.i2p
FreeZone - A Russian blog. http://freezone.i2p
SLS.i2p - Yet another Russian blog. Seems to cover politics. http://sls.i2p
Antheogen - A Russian site about psychoactive funghi (I think) http://entheogen.i2p
FILESHARING:
PaTracker 1.7 aka Postman's I2P tracker, or simply Postman. I2P's main torrent tracker. Has been up for years. Very active, very reliable. Lots of good stuff. http://tracker2.postman.i2p
DifTracker - A large body of French content http://diftracker.i2p
exotrack.i2p - Deserted but functional. http://exotrack.i2p
Myttk - A Russian torrent site. http://myttk.i2p
Welterde - Opentracker that has been up for a number of years. http://tracker.welterde.i2p/stats?mode=top5
Chisquare's opentracker announce URL http://hvvybpef5nabnizizyy6ei57a77na4urifa4np65vpfzwq5csfra.b32.i2p/a
An opentracker run by KillYourTV http://tracker.killyourtv.i2p
A Russian opentracker. http://ptt.i2p/index_eng.html
Les Hérétiques - Very well-designed collection of French literature, including detailed descriptions. Mostly (only?) EPUB files. http://heretiques-ebooks.i2p
lib.i2p - A modest (~500) collection of Russian ebooks. http://lib.i2p
Free Book Library - 20045 books, 410 comics, 33 magazines, 134 textbooks. Warning: Facebook Like button on page! http://ebooks.i2p
Gusion - A modest collection of ebooks (~290). Mostly fiction. Uses the Calibre ebook management software. http://gusion.i2p
Library Genesis - I2P leaf of the Library Genesis project (now nearing 1 million ebooks). http://u76v7ha6j4jmtz3k2lseaso5qy36lxs77klhovmptufwcodovatq.b32.i2p
Document Heaven - "Document Heaven wants to be an eepsite, which collects links and magnet links to scientific or otherwise interesting non-fictional papers, documents and books. This eepsite is hosted in the spirit of the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto." http://documentheaven.i2p
Cheech-Wizard - An index of music and comics uploaded by Cheech-Wizard to Postman. http://cheech-wizard.i2p
amidoinitrite - Manga, music, books, Youtube. http://amidoinitrite.i2p
lyncanthrope.i2p - French movies and music http://lycanthrope.i2p
openmusic.i2p - An open directory with some gigabytes of music. http://openmusic.i2p
mp3arc - Fairly big open directory of "hard music". At least 800 albums (haven't counted them). Sorted by artist. http://mp3arc.i2p
Anonymix - "Multitracks, Acapellas, Instrumentals, and More" for download. Requires registration. http://anonymix.i2p
leecher.i2p - Some popular TV series including The Walking Dead, The Simpsons, South Park, and more. http://leecher.i2p
serien.i2p - An index of German TV series available via torrents. http://serien.i2p
FINANCIAL:
VEscudero's Service for Buying and Selling Bitcoins - Very well established and reputable Bitcoin trader. http://bitcoiner.i2p
LTC Guild - Litecoin mining pool. http://ltcguild.i2p
Darsek - "virtual card, internet payment processor and money transfer system". http://darsek.i2p
∏x5 - "∏x5 Investment Fund is an Offshore entity outside your jurisdiction, managed by veteran investment gurus." http://pix5.i2p
PURCHASEABLES:
ChemHack's - "Apothecary and Potions". Currently selling homemade GHB and Suboxone http://chemhack.i2p
Darknet Products - Selling virtual machines and bootable USBs. http://darknet-products.i2p
SOCIAL:
id3nt - I2P's main microblogging service. http://id3nt.i2p
Jisko - Another microblogging service. Hasn't been around as long as id3nt, but has frequent and constant activity. http://jisko.i2p
Visibility - Fully functional social network. Active (read: not dead), but could do with more users. "You can add friends, upload files, share images, write blogs, create pages, add bookmarks, create polls, and more..." http://visibility.i2p
GAMING:
I2Play - "Welcome! I2Play provides anonymous gaming services over I2P. Admittedly the selection of games that can be played over I2P is reasonably small due to the requirement that they be tolerant of lag, but that doesn't stop us trying!" OpenTTD and Tetrinet. http://i2play.i2p
I2P Chess Client - "Here you can play chess with other users and robots either in casual play or for ranking. Also, you can interact with the users through the chat rooms. You don't need to install any other program, you just need to register using the link, enter and play!" http://chess.i2p
(FILE)HOSTING:
ZeroFiles - A file and image host with a 10mb upload limit. http://zerofiles.i2p
Gallery - Not exactly an image host pur sang, but it hosts images. About 40k of them. http://gallery.i2p
open4you - A Russian/English site offering free hosting. http://open4you.i2p
Blackhosting - A Russian hosting provider that accepts Bitcoin. http://blackhosting.i2p/en/
CODING / DEVELOPMENT / PLUGINS / I2P RELATED SOFTWARE:
ZZZ - The main developers forum of I2P. http://zzz.i2p
i2p2.i2p - I2P's project page. Go here for the nitty gritty on how I2P works. http://www.i2p2.i2p
trac - I2P bug reporting and general ticket creation. http://trac.i2p2.i2p
stats.i2p - "The home for I2P statistics". Has been around since forever. http://stats.i2p
BigBrother - Distributed network statistics gathering. http://bigbrother.i2p
sponge - Home of I2P for Android, Seedless, and sponge himself. http://sponge.i2p
echelon - Your #1 source for I2P plugins. http://echelon.i2p
Plugins - "An app-store for I2P plugins" http://plugins.i2p
I2P Plugins - Yet another source of plugins. http://stats.i2p/i2p/plugins
AyuDownloader - "AyuDownloader is an Plugin using the EepGet class from i2p developers to download larger files easy from Eepsites." http://ayudownloader.i2p
Ipredia - "Home of IprediaOS". An operating system for I2P. "IprediaOS is a fast, powerful and stable operating system based on Linux that provides an anonymous environment. All network traffic is automatically and transparently encrypted and anonymized." http://ipredia.i2p
Projects.i2p - Projects.i2p is a community-focused projet management site for I2P coding projects, providing optional wikis, forums, document management, bug tracking and much, much more. If you'd like to host a project here, please contact one of the site admins, either on I2P's IRC network, or via e-mail. http://projects.i2p
Repo - "This site is a central information hub for repository hosting services around I2P." http://repo.i2p
git.repo.i2p - A public, anonymous Git hosting site. http://git.repo.i2p
Deadman - iMule repository. http://deadman.i2p
OUTPROXIES:
ExitProxy - Run by Russians. Multiple IPs available. http://exitproxy.i2p
Meeh's Tor outproxy - "I have a outpoxy free for use. With this you should be able to access both .i2p/.onion and clearnet sites." http://meeh.i2p/?p=services&sp=other
PASTEBINS:
PasteThis.i2p - Has been up for at least a year. Stable and actively used. http://pastethis.i2p
ZeroBin - "ZeroBin is a minimalist, opensource online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES." http://zerobin.i2p
TUTORIALS AND INFORMATION:
Salt Wiki - The main I2P Wiki as of writing. A valuable resource with a big and broad variety of information. Also available as a Tor hidden service http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Satori - "This is a wiki dedicated to cryptographic, anonymity, and security information." http://satori-wiki.i2p
The Darknet Wiki - Seems underdeveloped and deserted. http://darknet-wiki.i2p
wiki.meeh.i2p - Good resource with information not found elsewhere. "This is a wiki for i2p and how to use its functions and services." http://wiki.meeh.i2p
rus.i2p - Main Wiki for Russian I2P users. http://rus.i2p
Прогроморье - Another Russian Wiki. This one seems oriented towards more technical subjects. http://progromore.i2p
WikiI2p-ES - A wiki for latinos. http://lawiki.i2p/wiki-es
I2P Tutorials - Tutorials in German. http://tutorials.i2p
I2P/Tor Workshop Notes - "By the less than anonymous Adrian Crenshaw". http://irongeeks.i2p
PrivacyHawk - A useful resource for tutorials on a variety of topics. "Welcome to PrivacyHawk's Growing List of Tutorials". http://privacyhawk.i2p
ADDRESSBOOK SERVICES:
stats.i2p - The oldest and most popular addressbook service of I2P. Curated. http://stats.i2p
I2P Name Registery - Second most popular addressbook service. "Domain name registrations will not be rejected based on content." http://inr.i2p
I2Host- Yet another jumper service. http://i2host.i2p
COMMUNICATION SERVICES:
Postman's mail service aka mail.i2p. Has been online since 2004 with no breaks. Solid email provider. http://hq.postman.i2p
Mumble server by TronDev. Voice chat for the darknet. http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/TronDev_Mumble_Server
i2p-bote - Distributed secure email - http://i2pbote.i2p or http://plugins.i2p/i2pbote
Inscrutable XMPP - Also available as a Tor hidden service. Includes information on connecting to Inscrutable XMPP with various clients. http://inscrutable.i2p
Salt XMPP - See the wiki for a tutorial, configuration, client list, etc. Also available as a Tor hidden service. http://salt.i2p/xmpp.html + http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/Salt_xmpp
Inscrutable and Salt have S2S (between one another) and multi-user chat.
Haste XMPP - Also available as a Tor hidden service and on the clearnet http://haste.i2p
I2P Chat - A web chat run by who.i2p. Almost only Russians in here. http://who.i2p/chat/
Salt NNTP - Text only NNTP server. Also available as a Tor hidden service. http://salt.i2p/nntp.html + http://salt.i2p/wiki/index.php/Salt_nntp (tutorial)
UPTIME CHECKERS AND LINK LISTS:
Marcadores - A link list by a Latino user - http://marcadores.i2p
Null - Link list (and blog) by 77@0x7@0x01. Nice retro design. http://null.i2p
The Anon Dog - Excellent link list with descriptions. http://theanondog.i2p/cgi-bin/eepsites.py
Who is up? - Uptime checker by a Russian. http://who.i2p
Perv - One of the older uptime checkers. http://perv.i2p
identiguy aka eepstatus - Stable. http://identiguy.i2p
FORUMS:
forum.i2p - I2P's oldest forum. The most active forum in the I2P anglosphere. http://forum.i2p
forum.salt.i2p - Salt's forum. http://forum.salt.i2p
forum.rus.i2p - Main forum for Russian I2P users. Very active. http://forum.rus.i2p
The Holocaust Forum - "Open and civilized debate on the Holocaust". http://holocaust.i2p
COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT EDITING:
Salty Pad - An I2P Etherpad instance. http://oniichan.i2p/ep/pad/
Infinote - For use with an Infinote client. Might be better than Etherpad. No Javascript required. http://str4d.i2p/services/infinote/
KEY SERVERS:
KillYourTV's SKS OpenPGP Keyserver http://killyourtv.i2p/sks
Inscrutable's SKS OpenPGP Public Key Server http://keys.inscrutable.i2p
Echelon's I2P OpenPGP Public Key Server. http://keys.echelon.i2p
VARIOUS/OTHER:
Tabak - 1 page of information on.. tabacco. In Russian. An i2p-bote address is listed too. http://tabak.i2p
Anonet2 - The Anonet darknet. http://anonet2.i2p
q.i2p - "The I2P URL-Shortener" http://q.i2p
INTUIT.ru - A mirror of intuit.ru, which is.. something. In Russian. http://intuit.i2p
A hit counter for your eepsite. http://who.i2p/counter.html
BitTot - Yeah.. don't tell Putin about this. http://bitot.i2p
La lique des trolles - I don't have a clue what this is about. Some French closed forum. http://dumpteam.i2p
zzzot - See for yourself. http://encryptedphreak.i2p
MPAA NOTICE. http://mpaa.i2p
Does what it says on the tin. http://nyancat.i2p
SYNDIE (An open source system for operating distributed forums):
syndie-project.i2p - Syndie project website http://www.syndie.i2p
Syndie Documentation Project - A project to revive Syndie's documentation and make the software easier to use. http://fomjl7cori4juycw55kdlczpgzzhme6nox6zykokuiov6t5lxhvq.b32.i2p
syndie.darrob.i2p
syndie.echelon.i2p
syndie.inscrutable.i2p
syndie.killyourtv.i2p
syndie.meeh.i2p
syndie.welterde.i2p
A table of known Syndie archives. http://wiki.meeh.i2p
Syndie Gateway. http://mosfet.i2p
IRC:
The I2P IRC network aka irc2p - The biggest, most well known, most active IRC network in I2P. It works out of the box. Simply start I2P and point your IRC client to irc://127.0.0.1:6668
Nameless - An IRC network with some interesting anonymity enhancing features. Servers: irc.stream.i2p, irc.puredev.i2p, irc.philabs.i2p, irc.dlms.i2p
Single server networks belonging to particular users:
irc.killyourtv.i2p
irc.welterde.i2p
irc.meeh.i2p
TAHOE-LAFS:
"Tahoe-LAFS is a Free and Open cloud storage system. It distributes your data across multiple servers. Even if some of the servers fail or are taken over by an attacker, the entire filesystem continues to function correctly, preserving your privacy and security." There is a public Tahoe-LAFS grid available in I2P, but we can't be bothered to describe it in this guide.
**Frequently Asked Questions**
HOW DO I CONNECT TO .I2P SITES?
We recommend you to use the Tor Browser. A visual tutorial on setting up the Tor Browser for use with .i2p sites can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/gwInM2e.png Plaintext:
1. Make sure I2P is running. Launch the Tor Browser. (Get it at https://torproject.org/)
2. Open the Torbutton Preferences.
3. Select "Use custom proxy settings". Set HTTP Proxy to 127.0.0.1 and the corresponding Port to 4444. Click "OK".
HOW DO I CONNECT TO I2P IRC SERVERS THAT ARE NOT PART OF IRC2P?
A visual tutorial can be found here: http://i.imgur.com/PxZLa.png
Plaintext:
1. http://127.0.0.1:7657/i2ptunnel/wizard
2. Select Client Tunnel -> click next
3. Select IRC for tunnel type -> click next
4. Name is whatever, description is whatever -> click next
5. Tunnel Destination is one of the below addresses (i.e. irc.puredev.i2p) -> click next
6. Set port to be an unused port like 6666 -> click next
7. Check AutoStart -> click Finish
8. Connect irc client to server at localhost on whatever port you chose in step 6 (don't use a proxy)
HOW DO I CONNECT TO OTHER I2P SERVICES?
Just do what you do when connecting to a non-irc2p IRC server. Point the appropriate client to the localhost:port combination that you set up for the tunnel.
CAN I USE I2P TO ACCESS NON-.I2P SITES AND SERVICES?
You can, but I2P is not built with proxy functionality in mind. There are some outproxies that allow you to access the clearnet though.
WHAT IS A "B32"?
TL;DR: a b32 is I2P's equivalent of an IP address. Longer explanation: The b32 is a "compressed" version of the b64, which is the actual destination key of an I2P service. All human-readable links are simply shortcuts for destination keys. This can be compared regular clearnet DNS, though I2P's "DNS system" (the address book) is completely local and only contacts I2P "name registrars" like stats.i2p or inr.i2p to get newly published addresses periodically.
ISN'T RELAYING TRAFFIC FOR OTHERS DANGEROUS?
You are not acting as a proxy. You are relaying encrypted traffic of which you know neither the source nor the destination. Depending on your country, there is usually close to zero risk involved in running a non-exit Tor relay. Relaying in I2P is no different.
ISN'T JAVA VERY INSECURE?
Not really. The "Java vulnerabilities" you usually hear about are in the Java browser plugin. You don't need that anyway (so get rid of it if you haven't already!).
