GNUnet
GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing.
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Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
Features
- Decentralized
- Anonymous Secure Filesharing
- Decentralised Name System
- Modularity
- Overlay network
- Peer-To-Peer
- Mesh network
- Distributed
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What is GNUnet?
GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing. Anonymity is provided by making messages originating from a peer indistinguishable from messages that the peer is routing. All peers act as routers and use link-encrypted connections with stable bandwidth utilization to communicate with each other. GNUnet uses a simple, excess-based economic model to allocate resources. Peers in GNUnet monitor each others behavior with respect to resource usage; peers that contribute to the network are rewarded with better service.
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Developed by
Christian Grothoff Licensing
Open Source (AGPL-3.0) and Free product.Alternatives
59 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
Comments and Reviews
Its goals and ways to achieve those seem to be the way to go.
GNUnet is a project which aims to rebuild the internet on concepts that were not thought about when the internet was first conceived. As such, its scope is big. It has many parts and interacts with other GNU projects such as GNU Taler. I hope some day it becomes more mature and even mainstream!
The biggest change, cryptographic primitives: "GNUnet used RSA 2048 since its inception in 2001, but as of GNUnet 0.10.0, we are powered by Curve25519". This change "breaks backwards compatibility entirely".