Dark Web


EOI: 10.11242/viva-tech.01.05.001

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Citation

Prof. Neha Lodhe, Mayur Bhate, Rith Belwalkar, "Dark Web", VIVA-IJRI Volume 1, Issue 6, Article MCA_20, pp. 1-6, 2023. Published by Computer Engineering Department, VIVA Institute of Technology, Virar, India.

Abstract

The main objective of Dark web is that it is the concealed content of the World Wide Web. It requires specialized software, authentication and some configuration to access. In order to demystify the same and provide a structural analysis of the Internet, this paper sheds light on the current composition of the Internet and the portion of the World Wide Web held by surface web, deep web and the dark web. It also discusses how the dark web is different from the deep web, mechanism of accessing the deep web, tor browser and the benefits of the dark web along with some of the real-life applications. .

Keywords

Access, Anonymous, Deep web, Encryption , Privacy, The dark web, TOR.

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