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In early 2009, shortly after our attendance at 25C3, we released version 0.7 of the I2P Anonymous Network.
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Over the next 15 releases in 18 months we have worked to improve the usability of the I2P software
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and increase its performance, security, and reliability - all while dealing with unprecedented growth in the network.
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</p><p>
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In recognition of these accomplishments, we are declaring the start of the 0.8 series.
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The 0.8 release is fully compatible with all 0.7.x releases. This release contains several bugfixes,
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a new Dutch translation, and completion of the German translation. As always, users are encouraged to upgrade.
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Some visible highlights of the 0.7.x release series in the last year and a half:
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<ul>
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Automatically generated Base32 destination names, reducing reliance on host names.
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Themable router console with GeoIP display.
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Plugin system for easy installation and maintenance of user-generated applications. For example I2P-bote, distributed serverless anonymous e-mail.
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Translation infrastructure for the router console, and translation into several languages.
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Many improvements leading to less CPU and memory usage.
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Network improvements for scalability, now you can invite all your friends into cipherspace!
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Several important under-the-hood improvements:
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Redesign of the floodfill infrastructure for network database storage, by implementing a simplified Kademlia storage system,
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and an increase in floodfill routers from 5 to almost 100, for increased reliability and scalability.
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Encryption of queries and stores to floodfill routers for increased security.
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Separate session key managers for each local destination for increased security.
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Multi-layered system of limiting connections to peers.
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New, smaller tunnel build message to reduce the chance it will be dropped, and increase build success rates.
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Several bug fixes and improvements in the streaming library to speed up connections dramatically.
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Transition to Java 5 concurrent data structures for a significant reduction in lock contention.
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Transition to Java 5 coding styles, a significant increase in javadoc documentation, and elimination of unused code for maintanability.
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Split directory structure for ease of use on multi-user systems and easier packaging.
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Clock skew system redesign, with implementation of NTP-style clock adjustment.
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Adjustment of several parameters based on the speed and maximum memory of the router, to optimize speed and memory usage.
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UPnP support to open firewall ports.
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An uncountable number of bugfixes and improvements that enhance security, anonymity, reliability, performance, scalability, and the user experience.
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</ul>
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</p><p>
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In <a href="http://www.gulli.com/news/i2p-an-anonymous-network-2009-03-09/">zzz's interview with gulli.com last year</a>,
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he said that "privacy is under severe and increasing threat throughout the world".
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It is clear that this trend is accelerating both in "oppressed" nations and those that are nominally "free".
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As we prepare to attend <a href="http://thenexthope.org/">the HOPE conference in New York</a>, with many talks on privacy,
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we'll be working on plans to continue improving I2P and spreading the word.
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</p><p>
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You can help, as always, by joining the network and contribute your bandwidth.
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Give the
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developers feedback on IRC #i2p or <a href="http://forum.i2p2.de/">forum.i2p2.de</a>
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and <a href="http://www.i2p2.de/getinvolved.html">get involved</a>,
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spread the word,
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and <a href="http://www.i2p2.de/donate.html">donate</a>!
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We are still looking for help on new and existing translations.
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Please volunteer on IRC #i2p.
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</p>
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<p>Files are available on the <a href="/download.html">download page.</a></p>
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SHA256 Checksums:
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<pre>
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a179fc478279383af3420c84699a014a40f9cb0da87ab2a2d2b890639345b999 i2psource_0.8.tar.bz2
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57c6dd9dab15dc52613e35ba538842de948ad5f230d17f693cdcc86fa056f97c i2pupdate_0.8.zip
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b9eff16965fb597b7a69fab72c5e4d21a767ffc1e654b3269d2dd9febdb79291 i2pupdate.su2
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79b3ac041ea6afb0c04f705e134da10ec32bd4ffe5a7f378da60faf274ef112c i2pupdate.sud
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