"Darknets": The invention of the Darknet, how it compares to a standard Intranet, and it's potential impact on the public as a whole.

Introduction. The ability to share private information securely over the Internet has proved to be quite a challenge in the past. The Internet was thought to be just too vulnerable and many people felt it could only be done with a localized intranet. Of course this prevents anyone outside the network to have access to the data. How can we have the security of an intranet on such an unsecured public Internet? How do we …

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