Modeling the Invisible Internet

Understanding the properties of anonymity networks such as the Invisible Internet Project (Garlic router) and Tor (Onion router) is critical for the future of cybersecurity, cyberwarfare and Internet freedom. In this paper, we theoretically model the Invisible Internet and provide the preliminary components for developing a theoretical lens that can be used to address its open questions. Additionally, this work lays the theoretical foundation for studying I2P’s key network properties such as resilience, anonymity and minimum attackers/routers ratio to exploit the network. The model was validated against a simulated I2P network.