Medium Weekly Digest # 2 (19 - 26 Jul 2019)

Although both governments and transnational corporations pose a significant threat to personal liberties on the Internet, there is a danger that far exceeds the first two. Her name is uninformed citizens.

- C. Bird

Dear Community Members!

The internet needs your help .
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Starting last Friday, we have been publishing the most interesting notes about events taking place in the community of the decentralized Internet provider Medium .

This digest is designed to increase the interest of the Community in the issue of privacy, which in the light of recent events is becoming more relevant than ever.

On the agenda:

Medium discusses the possibility of providing its users with LokiNet network resources
Medium Summer Meetup - a meeting of enthusiasts interested in information security, privacy on the Internet and the development of the Medium network
Distribution of elephants: it has become easier to become a Medium network operator - we are playing MikroTik hAP lite in honor of System Administrator's Day

Remind me - what is Medium?

Medium (Eng. Medium - “intermediary”, original slogan - Don’t ask for your privacy. Take it back ; also in English the word medium means “intermediate”) - a Russian decentralized Internet provider that provides I2P network access services at no cost basis.

Full name - Medium Internet Service Provider. Initially, the project was conceived as a Mesh network in the Kolomensky urban district .

It was established in April 2019 in the framework of creating an independent telecommunication environment by providing end users with access to I2P network resources using Wi-Fi wireless data technology.

Targets and goals

On May 1, 2019, the incumbent President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 90- “On Amending the Federal Law“ On Communications ”and the Federal Law“ On Information, Information Technologies and the Protection of Information ” , also known as the draft law“ On Sovereign Runet ” .

“Medium” provides users with free access to I2P network resources, which makes it impossible to calculate not only the router where the traffic came from (see the basic principles of “garlic” traffic routing ), but also the end user - the Medium subscriber.

When creating a public organization, the community pursued the following goals:

Draw public attention to 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 within the Medium network to prevent Man-in-the-middle attacks
Create your own domain name system for more convenient access to I2P services

More information about what “Medium” is can be found in the corresponding article .

Medium discusses the possibility of providing its users with LokiNet network resources

Jeff Becker , one of the leading developers of the I2Pd project and creator of the Loki Network, proposed using LokiNet as a secondary transport for the Medium network.

The Medium user community is currently discussing the possibility of LokiNet joining the Medium network. If all technical issues are resolved, LokiNet will be added as an additional transport for the Medium network.

Below are some of the visible advantages of LokiNet over I2P:

Bidirectional tunnels - this allows for greater productivity and faster tunneling 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 internal network traffic (I2P uses ElGamal and AES)

Medium Summer Meetup - a meeting of enthusiasts interested in information security, privacy on the Internet and the development of the Medium network

From time to time, we gather to discuss the most important issues regarding projects developed by the Community , as well as share experiences with fellow enthusiasts.

We invite everyone who is interested in information security and privacy on the Internet to participate. Medium Summer Meetup - new knowledge, the opportunity to meet like-minded people and make many useful contacts. Participation is free upon prior registration .

Mitap will be held in the format of an informal discussion of the most pressing issues related to information security, privacy on the Internet and the development of the Medium network .

What we will tell:

- “The 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 the decentralized Internet provider Medium is and what it is not, 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.

A full list of speeches is available here and will be supplemented.

Do you want to speak? Fill out the form!

What we will discuss:

LokiNet as an additional transport of the Medium network - to be or not to be?

Some time ago, the Community raised the question of using the LokiNet network as an additional transport of the Medium network. It is necessary to discuss the appropriateness 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 began to deploy our ecosystem of services within the Medium network .

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 : an email service, a blogging platform, a news portal, a search engine, a hosting service and others.

Long-Term Medium Network Development Plans

All issues, to one degree or another, related to the development of the Medium certification and its resources.

... and other equally interesting questions!

Suggest a topic for discussion in the comments to the publication.

To participate, you must register .

Gathering of participants and registration : 11:30
Mitap start : 12:00
Approximate end of the event : 15:00
Address : Moscow, metro Kolomenskaya, park "Kolomenskoye"

Come, we are waiting for you!

Distribution of elephants: it has become easier to become a Medium network operator - we are playing MikroTik hAP lite in honor of System Administrator's Day

Being an operator of the Medium network means discovering new opportunities for yourself, becoming a part of a large cohesive 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 of the System Administrator's Day, we decided to play one set of the MikroTik hAP lite wireless router - in order to receive it, you must:

1. Located in Russia
2. Capture the flag at medium.i2p / flag (yes: in order to get the equipment you need to work, you need to understand the principles of the I2P network). Client setup instructions can be found here.
3. Wait until the router is received :-)

All involved - a happy holiday! May the strongest win!

Free Internet in Russia starts with you

You can provide all possible assistance to the establishment of a free Internet in Russia today. We have compiled an exhaustive list of exactly how you can help the network:

Share the Medium network with your friends and colleagues. Share a link to this article on social networks or a personal blog.
Take part in the discussion of the technical issues of the Medium network on GitHub
Take part in the development of the OpenWRT distribution designed to work with the Medium network
Create your web service on the I2P network and add it to the Medium DNS network
Raise your Medium Access Point

Previous issues:

Medium Weekly Digest # 1 (12 - 19 Jul 2019)

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/461419/

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