In
network terms, the dark net is a virtual network layered over the Internet
through which computers can communicate anonymously and securely. This has some
benefits around whistle blowing and freedom of speech, but inevitably there's a
dark side too. From terrorism, weapons and drugs trading, assassinations and,
sadly, child pornography. With it's origins from around 2004, with the first
public open source release of TOR (The
Onion Router), the rapid rise of the dark net has changed our world
irrevocably.
Interestingly,
and unrelated to the dark net, operation Dark Net was the codename used for a
distributed denial of service attack that was launched by Anonymous to bring
down websites hosting child pornography. Ironically, many of these sites identified
and targeted were contained within a dark internet segment. Such segments are
so named as they seemingly become detached from the Internet and are
non-responsive to normal traffic, as if the address space were a black hole.
So the darkness where vampires, ghost, goblins and all things that go bump in the night lurk ties in nicely to dark net, dark web, dark internet and Dark Net. In our Amsterdammed adventure, the dark net is the perfect place to start exploring Europe in search of clues. This year's event, The Rise of the Dark Net, culminates in Amsterdam amongst the dark canals and creaky bridges.
So the darkness where vampires, ghost, goblins and all things that go bump in the night lurk ties in nicely to dark net, dark web, dark internet and Dark Net. In our Amsterdammed adventure, the dark net is the perfect place to start exploring Europe in search of clues. This year's event, The Rise of the Dark Net, culminates in Amsterdam amongst the dark canals and creaky bridges.