A Synopsis of Critical Aspects for Darknet Research

Platzer, Florian; Lux, Alexandra

doi:10.1145/3538969.3544444

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“…In our previous paper [43], we elaborated six critical aspects in darknet research. These aspects can lead to misinterpretation of results or inconsistency.…”

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“…In our previous work [43], we used existing literature to identify critical aspects for darknet research. We identified six aspects which we describe subsequently:…”

Section: Critical Aspects For Darknet Research On Related Workmentioning

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“…In a case study we conducted [43], it was shown that darknet marketplaces also have multiple mirror sites. A total of 37 darknet marketplaces were examined.…”

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“…This paper is related to one of our earlier studies [43], which focused on the Tor network. In the following, we briefly introduce Tor.…”

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“…In a previous work [43], we elaborated six critical aspects that inconsistencies in darknet research may exhibit. This was done by focusing on the terminology used, the methodology of sample collecting and analyzing the data.…”

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Inconsistencies in Darknet Researches

Platzer

Lux

2023

JCSANDM

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The darknet terminology is not used consistently among scientific research papers. This can lead to difficulties in regards to the applicability and the significance of the results and also facilitates misinterpretation of them. As a consequence, comparisons of the different works are complicated. In this paper, we conduct a review of previous darknet research papers in order to elaborate the distribution of the inconsistent usage of the darknet terminology. Overall, inconsistencies in darknet terminology in 63 out of 97 papers were observed. The most common statement indicated that the dark web is a part of the deep web. 19 papers equate the terms darknet and dark web. Others do not distinguish between dark web and deep web, or between deep web and darknet.

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“…In our previous paper [43], we elaborated six critical aspects in darknet research. These aspects can lead to misinterpretation of results or inconsistency.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In our previous work [43], we used existing literature to identify critical aspects for darknet research. We identified six aspects which we describe subsequently:…”

Section: Critical Aspects For Darknet Research On Related Workmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In a case study we conducted [43], it was shown that darknet marketplaces also have multiple mirror sites. A total of 37 darknet marketplaces were examined.…”

Section: Duplicates Of Onion Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This paper is related to one of our earlier studies [43], which focused on the Tor network. In the following, we briefly introduce Tor.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Inconsistencies in Darknet Researches

Platzer

Lux

2023

JCSANDM

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Hidden Platforms for Cybercrime: Experiences Investigating Darknet Services

Ball,

Broadhurst

2023

Fieldwork Experiences in Criminology and Security Studies

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A general and modular framework for dark web analysis

Ruiz Ródenas,

Pastor-Galindo,

Gómez Mármol

2023

Cluster Comput

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The dark web, often linked with illegal activities, can be monitored with different solutions. However, these tools are typically purpose-specific and designed for unique use cases. In this study, we propose a flexible and scalable framework that facilitates the easy integration of new workflows for dark web analysis. The design is based on the control, logic and operations layers, supplemented by a tools module, logs management, asynchronous message-based communication and a database. The implementation maps the features into a microservice approach, utilizing the open-source technologies Docker Swarm, Kafka, ELK Stack (Elastic Search, Logstash and Kibana), and PostgreSQL. A workflow to scrape web elements of Tor onion services is deployed and validated, demonstrating considerable framework performance despite the time-consuming task of navigating the dark web. Over 16 h, the framework collected over half million onion domains (84,371 unique ones) and made 78,555 accesses to them.

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A Synopsis of Critical Aspects for Darknet Research

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Inconsistencies in Darknet Researches

Inconsistencies in Darknet Researches

Hidden Platforms for Cybercrime: Experiences Investigating Darknet Services

A general and modular framework for dark web analysis

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