I2p vs tor vs freenet. I2P is not a research project - academic, commercial, or governmental, but is instead an engineering effort aimed at doing whatever is necessary to provide a sufficient level of anonymity to those who need it. The network is made up of peers ("routers") and unidirectional inbound and outbound virtual tunnels. The following layers are strictly speaking no longer part of the I2P Protocol stack, they are not part of the core 'I2P router' functionality. However, each of these layers adds additional functionality, to allow applications simple and convenient I2P usage. . Because I2P is cryptographically addressed, I2P network addresses are self-authenticating and only belong to the user who generated them. Since then I2P has evolved to specify and implement a complete suite of network protocols capable of delivering a high level of privacy, security, and authentication to a variety of applications. I2P only filters connection data, but if the program you intend to run sends this information as content, I2P has no way to protect your anonymity. I2P uses cryptography to achieve a variety of properties for the tunnels it builds and the communications it transports. I2P is a project to build, deploy, and maintain a network supporting secure and anonymous communication. hwksmm vurtw cwrrw ztha rlj ybia elwhzd qzxl eabat mgmm