81 lines
6.9 KiB
HTML
81 lines
6.9 KiB
HTML
{% extends "global/layout.html" %}
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{% block title %}{{ _('Intro') }}{% endblock %}
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{% block content %}
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<h1>{{ _('The I2P Software') }} (I2P)</h1>
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<p>{% trans %}When you install the I2P software made available at geti2p.net, you are
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actually installing an I2P router and an accompanying bundle of basic
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applications. The I2P Java distribution is the first I2P software gateway and
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has been actively developed since 2001.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans %}The applications are made available through a webUI, which listens at
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127.0.0.1:7657, and the main page of which is called the “Router Console,”
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where you monitor the health of your connection to the network and access
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applications that to use on the network.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<h3>{% trans %}What is included:{%- endtrans %}</h3>
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<p>{% trans %}<strong>The Set Up Wizard</strong>: When you download the
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I2P software, a set up wizard will guide you through a few configuration steps
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while your router is making its first connections to the network. This happens
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the same way that your home router connects you to the Internet. During the set
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up process, you will be given the option to test your bandwidth and set your
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bandwidth limits in order to ensure a good connection as a network peer.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans %}<strong>The I2P Router Console</strong>: Here is where you can see your
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network connections and information about your router. You will be able to see how many peers you
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have, and other information that will help if you need to troubleshoot. You can
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stop and start the router as well. You will see the applications that the
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software includes, as well as links to some community forums and sites on the
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I2P network. You will receive news when there is a a new software release, and
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will be able to download the latest version here as well. Additionally, you can
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find shortcuts to other available applications. The console is customizable and
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includes a default light theme with a dark theme option.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans %}<strong>SusiMail</strong>: SusiMail is a secure email client. It is primarily
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intended for use with Postman’s email servers inside of the I2P network . It
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is designed to avoid leaking information about email use to other networks.
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SusiMail is bridged so it can send and receive email from the internet as well.
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Occasionally you may see some services like Gmail classifying it as spam, which
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you can correct in your Internet email service providers settings.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans bittorrent=site_url('docs/applications/bittorrent') -%}<strong><a href="{{ bittorrent }}">I2PSnark</a></strong>: Snark is an I2P network only BitTorrent client. It never makes a connection to a peer over any other network.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans addressbook=site_url('docs/naming') -%}<strong><a href="{{ addressbook }}">The AddressBook</a></strong>: This is a locally-defined list of
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human-readable addresses ( ie: i2p-projekt.i2p) and corresponding I2P addresses.(udhdrtrcetjm5sxzskjyr5ztpeszydbh4dpl3pl4utgqqw2v4jna.b32.i2p) It integrates with other applications to
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allow you to use those human-readable addresses in place of those I2P
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addresses. It is more similar to a hosts file or a contact list than a network
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database or a DNS service. There is no recognized global namespace, you decide
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what any given .i2p domain maps to in the end.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p><strong>The QR Code Generator</strong>: Besides the Addressbook, I2P
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addresses can be shared by converting them into QR codes and scanning them with
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a camera. This is especially useful for Android devices.</p>
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<p>{% trans i2ptunnel=site_url('docs/api/i2ptunnel') -%}<strong><a href="{{ i2ptunnel }}">I2P Hidden Services Manager</a></strong> This is a general-purpose
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adapter for forwarding services ( ie SSH ) into I2P and proxying client
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requests to and from I2P. It provides a variety of “Tunnel Types” which are
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able able to do advance filtering of traffic before it reaches I2P.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<h3>{% trans %}Applications Outside I2P to use with I2P{%- endtrans %}</h3>
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<p>{% trans browser=site_url('about/browser-config') %}<strong><a href="{{ browser }}">Mozilla Firefox</a></strong>: A web browser with advanced privacy and
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security features, this is the best browser to configure to browse I2P
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sites.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans browser=site_url('about/browser-config') %}<strong><a href="{{ browser }}">Chromium</a></strong>: A web browser developed by Google that is the
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Open-Source base of Google Chrome, this is sometimes used as an alternative to
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Firefox.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans %}<strong><a href="https://biglybt.com">BiglyBT</a></strong>: A Feature-Rich bittorrent client including I2P
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support and the unique ability to “Bridge” regular torrents in-to I2P so
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people can download them anonymously.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans ssh=site_url('blog/post/2019/06/15/i2p-i2pd-ssh-config') %}<strong><a href="https://openssh.com">OpenSSH</a></strong>: OpenSSH is a popular program used by systems administrators to <a href="{{ ssh }}">remotely administer a server</a>, or to provide “Shell” accounts for users on the server.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans git=site_url('docs/applications/git'), gitlab=site_url('docs/applications/gitlab') %}<strong><a href="{{ git }}">Git</a>/<a href="{{ gitlab}}">Gitlab</a></strong>: Git is a source-code control tool which is
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distributed, and often recommends a fork-first workflow. Hosting source code on
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I2P is an important activity, so Gitlab-specific instructions are available for
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all to use.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans %}<strong><a href="https://debian.org">Debian</a> and <a href="https://ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a> GNU/Linux</strong>: It is possible to obtain
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packages for Debian and Ubuntu GNU/Linux over I2P using <a href="https://i2pgit.org/idk/apt-transport-i2p">apt-transport-i2p</a> and
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<a href="https://i2pgit.org/idk/apt-transport-i2phttp">apt-transport-i2phttp</a>. In the future, a bittorrent-based transport may also be
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developed. {%- endtrans %}</p>
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<h3>{% trans %} Applications for Developers to create new things{%- endtrans %}</h3>
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<p>{% trans sam=site_url('docs/api/sam') %}<strong><a href="{{ sam }}">The SAM API Bridge</a></strong>: The SAM API is a language-independent
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API for writing applications that are I2P-native by communicating with the
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local I2P router. It can provide Streaming-like capabilities, Anonymous
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Datagrams, or Repliable Datagrams.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans bob=site_url('docs/api/bob') %}<strong><a href="{{ bob }}">The BOB API Bridge</a></strong>: This is a deprecated technology, BOB
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users should migrate to SAM if it is possible for them to do so.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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<p>{% trans i2cp=site_url('docs/protocol/i2cp') %}<strong><a href="{{ i2cp }}">The I2CP API</a></strong>: Not strictly an application, this is how Java
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applications communicate with the I2P router to set up tunnels, generate and
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manage keys, and communicate with other peers on the network.{%- endtrans %}</p>
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{% endblock %}
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