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Modeling the Invisible Internet

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Complex Networks & Their Applications XII (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2023)

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Understanding the properties of anonymity networks such as the Invisible Internet Project (Garlic router) and Tor (Onion router) is critical for the future of cybersecurity, cyberwarfare and Internet freedom. In this paper, we theoretically model the Invisible Internet and provide the preliminary components for developing a theoretical lens that can be used to address its open questions. Additionally, this work lays the theoretical foundation for studying I2P’s key network properties such as resilience, anonymity and minimum attackers/routers ratio to exploit the network. The model was validated against a simulated I2P network.

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  1. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    Jacques Bou Abdo

  2. University of Nebraska, Kearney, USA

    Liaquat Hossain

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  1. University of Burgundy, Dijon Cedex, France

    Hocine Cherifi

  2. Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, USA

    Luis M. Rocha

  3. IUT Lumière - Université Lyon 2, University of Lyon, Bron, France

    Chantal Cherifi

  4. Department of Economics, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye

    Murat Donduran

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Abdo, J.B., Hossain, L. (2024). Modeling the Invisible Internet. In: Cherifi, H., Rocha, L.M., Cherifi, C., Donduran, M. (eds) Complex Networks & Their Applications XII. COMPLEX NETWORKS 2023. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1143. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53472-0_30

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