call the regular internet the clearnet. While this term may be unfamiliar, the
clearnet is simply the dark web user’s way of referring to the unencrypted
nature of the regular net. Below, we enter into a deeper discussion of the
dark web and what you can understand from it.
To access the dark web, you have to go through platforms such as Tor. You
may probably not know this if you are still new to the world of the dark
web, then it would be beneficial to know that Tor stands for The Onion
Ring. There is also the I2P which stands for the Invisible Internet Project.
Tor and other sites that are accessible from the Tor browser are accessible to
dark web users and are easily identifiable through the domain “onion.” Tor
is for anonymous access to the internet while I2P provides a different kind
of service, which is hosting sites anonymously. As such the location and
identities of darknet users remain unknown and untraceable mainly because
the encryption system is layered .
The encryption technology deployed by platforms such as intermediate
servers works to ensure anonymity and protection of the human identity.
The information transmitted is not decrypted by a node is subsequent which
is then leads to the exit node of the scheme. The node path is complicated,
and therefore, it is almost impossible for reproduction and decryption of the
information layer by layer. The high encryption level of the websites
prevents the internet protocol and geographical location, and thus users are
unable to get information from or about the host. Users within the network
can allow the users to blog, talk and exchange information confidentially
and in confidence.
