The Deep Web and the Dark Web
I read an article that discusses the Dark Web, which is a website compilation that is available to the public, but their servers’ IP addresses are hidden. One can’t use a search engine to find these websites. The encryption services used typically protect the identities of both parties. Thus, websites for buying and selling recreational drugs would use the Dark Web. Another example is that it can be used as a method of communication between people who live in a dictatorial civilization (such as North Korea) and other countries. It is also a way to communicate with others without our own government or companies (like Google and Facebook) obtaining our information.
The Deep Web is defined as the group of websites that cannot be found by search engines. The Deep Web consists of the Dark Web, databases, webmail, private forums, and websites that use pay walls. Before websites are publicly launched and webpages are posted, the content is protected Thus, the Deep Web includes every web page prior to being posted. The pieces of websites that are protected by passwords (such as online banks and e-mail accounts) are also in the Deep Web.
The main difference between the Dark Web and the Deep Web is that the Deep Web is made of all web pages that can’t be found by search engines, while the Dark Web is a section of the Deep Web used for purposefully hiding information. The Dark Internet is another term that generally encompasses research databases.
This article is particularly related to the class because we learned about the structure of the web in chapter 13 of the textbook. Since the structure of the web can be portrayed as a directed graph, this would need to be modified if the Deep Web is included. A modified arrow would link web pages on the Dark Web that require passwords: perhaps an arrow with an “x” drawn on it to designate that the access is private. Since much of the Deep Web and most of the Dark Web are meant to be restricted and both have websites that can’t be found on search engines, they also would not have many links between pages. Thus, when looking at the web as a bow-tie structure, most of the Dark Web would probably be disconnected components.
“What is the Dark Web? How to access the Dark Web. What’s the difference between the Dark Web and the Deep Web?.”
http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/internet/what-is-dark-web-how-access-dark-web-deep-3593569/