Darknet Geopolitics and Uses [Hardcover]

This collaborative research project allows for fundamental advances not only in the understanding of the phenomena but also in the development of practical calculation methods that can be used by engineers. This collaborative research project allows for fundamental advances not only in the understanding of the phenomena but also in the development of practical calculation methods that can be used by engineers.

Preface ix

Introduction xiii

Part 1. New Frontiers And Governance of Digital Space 1

Chapter 1. Fragmentation and Compartmentalization of Virtual Space 3

1.1 The nymph Carna and Internet census 3

1.2 Dimensions of cyberspace 5

1.3 Deep web, darknet and dark web 8

Chapter 2. A Society Of Control And Panopticism 13

2.1 Horizontal panopticism and cyber-narcissism 13

2.2 The neutrality of the network in question 15

2.2.1 How can network neutrality be preserved? 18

2.2.2 A threatened principle 19

2.3 Going toward an Internet 3.0 and a new form of digital civility? 22

2.3.1 Is cyberspace a public space? 22

2.3.2 Tyrannies of privacy 24

Chapter 3. The Internet, A Governance Subject To Controversy 27

3.1 ICANN, an influenced institution 27

3.1.1 Is this the end of US supremacy? 28

3.1.2 The role of the GAC 29

3.2 Cybersecurity, domains and electronic addressing 32

3.2.1 The essential role of WHOIS 34

3.2.2 Domain name extension and migration from IPv4 to IPv6 37

3.3 Who regulates those who are in control? 39

3.3.1 Conflict within ICANN 40lÌ