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<a href="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#ComparisonI2P">the TOR FAQ</a>
for a TOR/I2P comparison from the TOR perspective.</p>
<h3>Comparison of TOR and I2P Terminology</h3>
While TOR and I2P are similar in many ways, much of the terminology is different.
<table>
<tr><th align="left">Tor<th align="left">I2P
<tr><td>Cell<td>Message
<tr><td>Client<td>Router
<tr><td>Circuit<td>Tunnel
<tr><td>Directory<td>NetDb
<tr><td>Directory Server<td>Floodfill Router
<tr><td>Entry Guards<td>Fast Peers
<tr><td>Entry Node<td>Inproxy
<tr><td>Exit Node<td>Outproxy
<tr><td>Hidden Service<td>Eepsite or Destination
<tr><td>Hidden Service Descriptor<td>LeaseSet
<tr><td>Introduction point<td>Inbound Gateway
<tr><td>Node<td>Router
<tr><td>Relay<td>Router
<tr><td>Rendezvous Point<td>somewhat like Inbound Gateway + Outbound Endpoint
<tr><td>Server<td>Router
</table>
<h3>Benefits of TOR over I2P</h3>
<ul>
<li>More efficient w/ memory usage</li>
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<a href="http://gmplib.org/#DOWNLOAD">http://gmplib.org/#DOWNLOAD</a>. Even if you
have already installed it as binary, it might still be worth a try to compile
GMP yourself, since then it will be able to use the specific instructions of
your processor. The latest GMP 4.2.2 is also
possible to be used instead of GMP 4.1.4. But latest GMP 4.2.2 needs more
testing before setting the default requirement for building jbigi.jar.</p>
your processor. The latest GMP may also
be used instead of GMP 4.2.2, but it hasn't been tested by us.
</p>
<h2>Step-by-step instructions</h2>
<ol>
......@@ -49,14 +49,20 @@ for an older processor, and the native BigInteger library was loaded, you are pr
<a href="download.html">the download page</a>, or get the cutting-edge source
out of the monotone database mtn.i2p2.de</li>
<li>Inside the source tree change directory to: <code>core/c/jbigi</code></li>
<li>Read the README file. You must download GMP version 4.2.2 from
<li>Read the README file.
If you have a /usr/lib/libgmp.so file, you do not have to download GMP.
Use the 'dynamic' argument to build.sh.
Otherwise, you must download GMP version 4.2.2 from
from <a href="http://gmplib.org/#DOWNLOAD">http://gmplib.org/#DOWNLOAD</a>, saving it to gmp-4.2.2.tar.bz2.
If you decide to use a newer version, change the VER= line in <code>core/c/jbigi/build.sh</code>.
<li>Take a look at <code>build.sh</code>, if your <code>JAVA_HOME</code>
environment variable is set and you are using Linux then it might just work.
Otherwise change the settings.</li>
<li>Run <code>build.sh</code><br/>
Maybe the built spew out some errors of missing jni.h and jni_md.h files.
Easy solution is to copy these files from your java install into the core/c/jbigi/jbigi/include/ directory.</br>
Otherwise change the settings. Remember, you need the Java SDK installed.</li>
<li>Run <code>build.sh</code> (if you downloaded GMP) or
<code>build.sh dynamic</code> (if you have /usr/lib/libgmp.so).<br/>
Maybe the build spewed out some errors of missing jni.h and jni_md.h files.
Either copy these files from your java install into the core/c/jbigi/jbigi/include/ directory,
or fix $JAVA_HOME.<br>
You can run the <code>build.sh</code> from the <code>core/c/</code> directory which will
build all available jbigi libs into a jbigi.jar.</br>
A file named <code>libjbigi.so</code> should be created in the current
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</p>
<h2>Discussion</h2>
See also <a href="https://zooko.com/distnames.html">Names: Decentralized, Secure, Human-Meaningful: Choose Two</a>.
<h3>Comments by jrandom</h3>
(adapted from a post in the old Syndie, November 26, 2005)
<p>
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......@@ -723,6 +723,9 @@ systems and papers. While there are a few similar efforts worth reviewing, both
technical and functional comparisons, two in particular are pulled out here - Tor
and Freenet.
</p>
<p>
See also the <a href="how_networkcomparisons.html">Network Comparisons Page</a>.
</p>
<h2 id="similar.tor">Tor</h2>
<p><i><a href="http://www.torproject.org/">website</a></i></p>
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