Remove the addressbook
Posted: 07 Jun 2026 04:57
I think the addressbook should be removed.
1. If using subscription, that's a centralized point of failure you need to trust before accessing any eepsite. The subscription owner could change any website's record to point to a server they control at any point, so that's a major vulnerability.
2. When someone shares a .i2p domain, there is no guaranty it will direct to the same site for two different users.
3. If not using subscriptions, when someone shares a .i2p domain, you need to trust a jump services at least once. That isn't too bad, but an unnecessary step.
4. In many cases, people ONLY share the .i2p, so the addressbook isn't really optional at the moment. The existence of the addressbook encourages this bad (imo) habit.
5. The addressbook is unnecessary. On Tor, there is no "DNS", people share long .onion addresses and it works just fine. Human-readable/memorable hostnames aren't necessary when every browser has bookmarks.
1. If using subscription, that's a centralized point of failure you need to trust before accessing any eepsite. The subscription owner could change any website's record to point to a server they control at any point, so that's a major vulnerability.
2. When someone shares a .i2p domain, there is no guaranty it will direct to the same site for two different users.
3. If not using subscriptions, when someone shares a .i2p domain, you need to trust a jump services at least once. That isn't too bad, but an unnecessary step.
4. In many cases, people ONLY share the .i2p, so the addressbook isn't really optional at the moment. The existence of the addressbook encourages this bad (imo) habit.
5. The addressbook is unnecessary. On Tor, there is no "DNS", people share long .onion addresses and it works just fine. Human-readable/memorable hostnames aren't necessary when every browser has bookmarks.