Work continues on the implementation and deployment of post-quantum cryptography in I2P. In this release post-quantum cryptography is available but not turned on by default for new tunnels. Those of you interested in testing post-quantum support should enable it via the “Hidden Service Manager” under “Encryption Types.” Be sure to get in touch on #i2p-dev in IRC2P for help and to report any issues you encounter.
I2PSnark now supports UDP trackers. This should help the network overall by reducing the load of torrent trackers.
Stability improvements have been made to the Hidden Mode which will reduce the chance of running out of RouterInfos.
Important! In the next release, I2P will require Java 17 or later.
As usual, we recommend that you update to this release. The best way to maintain security and help the network is to run the latest release.
Sounds like still no proof of work for hidden services, which is a bit disappointing.
What’s that? Some sort of anti-dos feature?
Yes, it’s an anti-denial of service measure. It makes each connection to a hidden service do a small amount of computational work in order to get put into a queue. The more work you do, the higher in the queue you get. When a tor hidden service is under attack and you go to connect to it, when you get the hidden service information from the directory authority, you are told what the suggested proof of work is at that time.
It has been an extremely effective measure and has stopped a lot of connection issues.
Clear and simple explanation thanks.
Nice, and thanks for the explanation. Do you know if this is a planned feature?
Not that i am aware of.
Perhaps add it as a feature request? I’m not sure exactly what it is or how to describe it, but if you do then please help out.
