Decentralized Network 42

A Decentralized Network 42 is a Decentralized Network that is based peer-to-peer system and built using VPNs and software/hardware BGP routers.

• Example(s):
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Decentralized Cloud System,
  • Decentralized Application (DApp),
  • Decentralized Clinical Trial,
  • Decentralized Web,
  • Decentralized Digital Currency,
  • Decentralized Online Social Network.
• See: Darknet, Babel Protocol, Virtual Private Network, Border Gateway Protocol, Anonymity, Internet, Network Address Translation, Mesh Networking, Tunneling Protocol, Autonomous System.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_network_42 Retrieved:2021-9-26.
  • Decentralized network 42 (also known as dn42) is a decentralized peer-to-peer network built using VPNs and software/hardware BGP routers.

    While other darknets try to establish anonymity for their participants, that is not what dn42 aims for. It is a network to explore routing technologies used in the Internet and tries to establish direct non-NAT-ed connections between the members.

    The network is not fully meshed. dn42 uses mostly tunnels instead of physical links between the individual networks. Each participant is connected to one or more other participants. Over the VPN or the physical links, BGP is used for inter AS routing. While OSPF is the most commonly used protocol for intra AS routing, each participant is free to choose any other IGP, like Babel inside their AS.

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