The Hidden Web
- 1. The Hidden Web A case study on the web we don’t see By Jon Kane
- 2. Surface Web or Deep Web? Exercise: 1. Go to CNN.com and click through links to get to different articles - This is how a search engine works 1. Go to Hotwire.com and find a flight to NYC from May 4-8 by only clicking links - Were you able to accomplish the task?
- 3. What is included in the Deep Web? Surface Web → Web Interfaces → Specific Web Sites → Web Databases ^These are usually servers that access information stored in databases on the backend of a surface site ^These are places where information is stored to be retrieved and sent back out to the surface site Forms coded in HTML^ and included on web- pages that we type in. They are called Queries, and are the user’s way of connecting to the hidden database. Any Site^
- 4. Surface Web or Deep Web or Dark Web? Deep Web is 500x larger than the surface web - Surface web has an estimated 555 million unique domains today Deep Web ≠ Dark Web - Dark Web can only be accessed through special browsers that hide users’ identity
- 6. The Tor Browser “The Onion Router” → Created specifically to access Dark Web sites - .onion = .com - Strange site names such as: http://dirnxxdraygbifgc.onion/ = Wiki linking to other difficult to type sites - Variable Privacy Settings → → → → →
- 7. The illegal side of The Dark Web The Tor network’s goal is freedom through anonymity, but this can use be used for good and evil. Some illicit activities: - Controlled substance marketplaces Armories selling all kinds of weapons - Child pornography - Unauthorized leaks of sensitive information Money laundering - Copyright infringement - Credit Card fraud and identity theft
- 9. Social Media on the Dark Web - The Dark Web has many platforms for communication: - chatrooms - message boards - blogs - content hosting - social networks - Some popular social networks on surface web are also on Dark Web - Facebook
- 11. Sources 1. Clearing Up Confusion: Deep Web vs. Dark Web. BrightPlanet. http://www.brightplanet.com/2014/03/clearing-confusion-deep-web-vs-dark-web/#more-3106 2. Facebook sets up 'dark web' link to access network via Tor. Dave Lee. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29879851 3. Accessing The Deep Web. Bin He, Mitesh Patel, Zhen Zhang, Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.94.9091&rep=rep1&type=pdf 4. Understanding the Deep Web in 10 minutes. BrightPlanet. http://bigdata.brightplanet.com/whitepaper-understanding-the-deep-web-in-10-minutes/ 5. White Paper: The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value. BrightPlanet. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/idx/j/jep/3336451.0007.104/%E2%80%93white-paper-the-deep- web-surfacing-hidden-value?rgn=main;view=fulltext 6. The Hidden Wiki. Web links to dark web site urls. http://thehiddenwiki.org/