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!).