Section: New Software and Platforms

GNUnet

GNUnet

Keyword: Privacy

Functional Description

GNUnet is a framework for secure peer-to-peer networking that does not use any centralized or otherwise trusted services. Our high-level goal is to provide a strong free software foundation for a global network that provides security and in particular respects privacy.

GNUnet started with an idea for anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing, but has grown to incorporate other applications as well as many generic building blocks for secure networking applications. In particular, GNUnet now includes the GNU Name System, a privacy-preserving, decentralized public key infrastructure.

• Participants: Hans Grothoff, Florian Dold, Jeffrey Paul Burdges and Gabor Toth

• Partner: The GNU Project

• Contact: Hans Grothoff

• URL: https://gnunet.org/