While both governments and transnational corporations pose a significant threat to an individual's personal freedoms on the Internet, there is a danger far greater than the first two. Her name is uninformed citizens.
— K. Bird
Dear members of the Community!
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Starting last Friday, we've been posting the most interesting notes on what's going on in the community. .
This digest is intended to increase the interest of the Community in the issue of privacy, which in the light of becomes more relevant than ever.
On the agenda:
- discusses the possibility of providing its users with network resources
- – a meeting of enthusiasts interested in information security, privacy on the Internet and the development of the Medium network
- Distribution of elephants: it became easier to become the operator of the "Medium" network - we are playing in honor of
Remind me - what is "Medium"?
Medium (English Medium — “intermediary”, original slogan — Don't ask for your privacy. take it back; also in English word medium means "intermediate") - a Russian decentralized Internet provider that provides network access services at no cost.
The full name is Medium Internet Service Provider. The project was originally conceived as в .
It was formed in April 2019 as part of the creation of an independent telecommunications environment by providing end users with access to I2P network resources through the use of Wi-Fi wireless data transmission technology.
Goals and objectives
On May 1, 2019, the current President of the Russian Federation signed , also known as .
"Medium" provides users with access to network resources free of charge , due to the use of which it becomes impossible to calculate not only the router where the traffic came from (see. ), but also the end user — the Medium subscriber.
When creating a public organization, the community pursued the following goals:
- Draw public attention to the issue of privacy
- Increase the total number of transit nodes within the I2P network
- Create your own ecosystem of I2P services that could replace the most common sites from the "clean" Internet
- Create a public key infrastructure inside the Medium network to eliminate the possibility of man-in-the-middle attacks
- Create your own domain name system for easier access to I2P services
More information about what "Medium" is can be found in .
discusses the possibility of providing its users with network resources
, one of the leading developers of the project and network creator use LokiNet like for the Medium network.
User community "Medium" at the moment the ability to connect LokiNet to the Medium network. If all technical issues are resolved, LokiNet will be added as an additional transport for the Medium network.
Below are some visible advantages of the LokiNet network over I2P:
- Bidirectional tunnels - this allows for better performance and faster creation of tunnels between participants
- More modern cryptographic algorithms
- chacha20 symmetric encryption (I2P uses AES ECB)
- blake2 for hashing (I2P uses SHA256)
- x25519 for key exchange, (I2P uses ElGamal)
- blake2+x25519+sntrup is used for intranet service traffic (I2P uses ElGamal and AES)
– a meeting of enthusiasts interested in information security, privacy on the Internet and the development of the Medium network
Periodically, we meet to discuss the most important issues regarding projects being developed , as well as exchange experience with the same enthusiasts.
We invite everyone who is interested in information security and privacy on the Internet to participate. Medium Summer Meetup - new knowledge, an opportunity to meet like-minded people and make many useful contacts. Participation is free of charge .
Meetup will be held in the format of an informal discussion of the most pressing issues related to information security, privacy on the Internet and development .
What will we tell:
- "Decentralized Internet provider "Medium": educational program on general issues regarding the use of the network and its resources", Mikhail Podivilov
The speaker will tell what is and what is not a decentralized Internet provider "Medium", as well as demonstrate the capabilities of the network and explain how to properly configure network equipment and use network resources.
— “Security when using the Medium network: why you should use HTTPS when visiting eepsites”, Mikhail Podivilov
A report on why it is necessary to use the HTTPS protocol when using I2P network services when you are connected to the network through an access point provided by the Medium operator.
Full list of performances and will be supplemented.
Do you want to perform?
What will we discuss:
as an additional transport of the "Medium" network - to be or not to be?
Some time ago in the Community there was on the use of the LokiNet network as an additional transport of the Medium network. It is necessary to discuss the feasibility of using this network in the project.
Ecosystem of services of the "Medium" network - the most necessary services and their development
Some time ago we .
At the moment, we are faced with an important task - to discuss the most necessary and demanded services within the network and their subsequent implementation.
Among them: mail service, blogging platform, news portal, search engine, hosting service and others.
Long-term plans for the development of the "Medium" network
All questions, in one way or another, related to the development of the “Medium” certificate and its resources.
… and other equally interesting questions!
You can suggest a topic for discussion in the comments to the publication.
To participate you need .
Gathering of participants and registration: 11: 30
Meetup start: 12: 00
Approximate end of the event: 15: 00
Address: Moscow, metro station Kolomenskaya, Kolomenskoye park
Come, we are waiting for you!
Distribution of elephants: it became easier to become the operator of the "Medium" network - we are playing in honor of
Being a Medium network operator means discovering new opportunities for yourself, becoming part of a large close-knit team and contributing to the development of a free Internet in Russia.
Unfortunately, not everyone can afford to buy a wireless access point. Therefore, in honor we decided to raffle off one set of wireless router - to get it, you need:
1. Be on the territory of Russia
2. Capture the flag at the address (yes: in order to get the necessary equipment for work, you need to understand the principles of the I2P network). Client setup instructions can be found
3. Wait for the router to be received 🙂
To all involved - congratulations! May the strongest win!
Free Internet in Russia starts with you
You can render all possible assistance in establishing a free Internet in Russia today. We have compiled a comprehensive list of how you can help the network:
- Tell your friends and colleagues about the Medium network. Share to this article in social networks or personal blog
- Take part in the discussion of technical issues of the Medium network
- Take part in designed to work with the "Medium" network
- Create your web service on I2P network and add it to
- Raise your to the Medium network
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