Editing Anonymous P2P (section)

{{Short description|Peer-to-peer distributed application}}
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An '''anonymous P2P''' communication system is a [[peer-to-peer]] [[distributed application]] in which the [[Node (networking)|nodes]], which are used to share resources, or participants are [[Anonymity|anonymous]] or [[Pseudonymity|pseudonymous]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kobusińska|first1=Anna|last2=Brzeziński|first2=Jerzy|last3=Boroń|first3=Michał|last4=Inatlewski|first4=Łukasz|last5=Jabczyński|first5=Michał|last6=Maciejewski|first6=Mateusz|date=2016-06-01|title=A branch hash function as a method of message synchronization in anonymous P2P conversations|journal=International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science|language=en|volume=26|issue=2|pages=479–493|doi=10.1515/amcs-2016-0034|issn=2083-8492|doi-access=free}}</ref> Anonymity of participants is usually achieved by special routing [[overlay network]]s that hide the physical location of each node from other participants.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Endsuleit, Regine, and Thilo Mie |title=Censorship-resistant and anonymous P2P filesharing |journal=First International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security}}</ref>

Interest in anonymous P2P systems has increased in recent years for many reasons, ranging from the desire to share files without revealing one's network identity and risking [[litigation]]<ref name="eff">Electronic Frontier Foundation (2005). [https://www.eff.org/wp/riaa-v-people-five-years-later RIAA v. The People: Five Years Later] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606204216/https://www.eff.org/wp/riaa-v-people-five-years-later |date=2012-06-06 }}. Retrieved March 5, 2008.</ref> to distrust in governments, concerns over [[mass surveillance]] and [[data retention]], and [[lawsuit]]s against [[blog]]gers.<ref name="rsf">{{cite web|editor-first=Julien|editor-last= Pain|date = September 2005|url = http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542 |publisher = Reporters Without Borders |title = Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070215022127/http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542 |archive-date=2007-02-15 }}</ref>