Notices by I2P (i2p@mastodon.social)

I2P 2.8.0 improves issues with router congestion, UPnP and NAT traversal connectivity improvements, and error reporting. https://geti2p.net/en/blog/post/2025/02/03/i2p-release-2.8.0

Have you ever noticed that your I2P router has less peers after a restart?

https://i2pforum.net/viewtopic.php?p=3301&sid=7a0c77f87ec4bcfb86d7abd7b41a030b#p3301

I2P routers confirm the status of router infos when they restart. This means checking in to make sure they are still available and getting rid of those that are not. The amount of peer connections you see will vary until this process is complete.

Want to mirror a site to the I2P network?

https://mirror-github-pages-to-i2p.github.io/

These instructions are for Github Pages but, will work for other HTTPS sites.

VPS or WireGuard VPN Provider with Port Forwarding that is #I2P friendly?

https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/1hr1ogo/vps_or_wireguard_vpn_provider_with_port/

How to add I2P and Tor support to your application : https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/en/event/how-to-add-i2p-and-tor-support-to-your-application/
#38c3

Tunnel Bandwidth Parameters (Prop 168).

This proposal addresses these issues by adding bandwidth parameters to the tunnel build request and reply messages.

http://geti2p.net/spec/proposals/168

This proposal was approved and is now in the [Tunnel-Creation-ECIES] specification as of API 0.9.65. There are no known implementations yet; implementation dates / API versions are TBD.

If I2P reseed hosts are blocked and you are unable to make the initial connection to the network, the solutions that exist right now are :

- friend to friend reseeding
- private or unlisted reseeds
- reseeds over Tor or other overlays

How to help a blocked router join the network by generating a reseed file:

https://geti2p.net/en/blog/post/2020/06/07/file-based-reseed

A reseed host is required to create connections and onboard a new router to the network. Reseed servers can observe if a new router has bootstrapped from them, but nothing else about traffic on the #I2P network. The more reseed hosts the network has, the more resilient the network becomes.

The project is always looking for new people to provide reseed services for the core software.

Docs:
https://geti2p.net/en/docs/reseed
https://geti2p.net/en/get-involved/guides/reseed

The I2P network transports and protocols are designed to provide anonymity within the I2P network while using I2P network specific applications. I2P is an overlay network, it is not a a way to access clearnet sites.
I2P is not an VPN, I2P is not Tor browser.
It does allow people to provide outproxies services to access clearnet sites. These are independent services, the best of which is operated by StormyCloud.
You can also mirror sites to the network. https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/1gbqexs/can_you_access_clearnet_similar_to_tor/

Is setting a per-tunnel hop count of 1 when torrenting over I2P equivalent to torrenting over a VPN (without I2P)?
https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/1g5cugv/is_setting_a_pertunnel_hop_count_of_1_when/

Caught in the Crossfire: The Impact of Sanctions on Iranian Internet Users https://www.internetgovernance.org/2024/10/22/caught-in-the-crossfire-the-impact-of-sanctions-on-iranian-internet-users/

I2P 2.7.0 Release Notes:

Issues have been fixed in I2PSnark and SusiMail search.

An issue with publishing leaseSets was solved which improves the reliability of major hidden services.

A conflict in the handling of a streaming library option was resolved to improve compatibility with other I2P implementations.

Updates will become available for all packages over the next few days.

https://geti2p.net/en/blog/post/2024/10/09/i2p-release-2.7.0

I2P network speed has improved significantly - it's true!
https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/1foyvul/i2p_speed_increase_is_significant/

How to self-host your torrents en-masse with zzzot https://eyedeekay.github.io/zzzot-tracker-hack/

Would the Tor de-anonymization theoratically work on I2P? https://www.reddit.com/r/i2p/comments/1fnmdfz/would_the_tor_deanonymization_theoratically_work/

All packages for the latest I2P Java point release are up to date now.

Security Notions for Fully Encrypted Protocols https://petsymposium.org/foci/2023/foci-2023-0004.pdf This paper gives the first definitions for FEPs, examples of how existing protocols fail to satisfy them, and a novel protocol that does satisfy them.

I2P 2.6.1 fixes a UI issue in the Hidden Services Manager application. https://geti2p.net/en/blog/post/2024/08/06/2.6.1-Release

I2P network transports are DPI resistant = resistant to identification and specific blocking on the basis of protocol identification. Share reseeds, run I2P routers, mirror content that people need/ want, create usable apps for the network, keep people connected.

New Release ❄️ Blizzard is a standalone version of Tor Project’s Snowflake proxy. It can be used to produce an I2P Plugin that will donate a Snowflake to Tor Browser users. The Snowflake uses I2P to manage its lifecycle. That means when you start and stop your I2P router you start and stop the Snowflake.
If you can safely use I2P in non- hidden mode, you will have the ability to donate a Snowflake long-term. Instructions are available for Windows and Linux at this time. https://github.com/eyedeekay/blizzard/releases