DarkNet

Visible Web

• also called the Surface Web, Indexed Web, Indexable Web, or Lightnet.

• portion of the World Wide Web that is available to the general public.

• search able with standard web search engines.

• is an overlay network (a network built on top of the Internet).

• was designed specifically for anonymity.

Deep Web

• has content that can not be found or directly accessed via search engines.

• sites that are purposefully designed to keep search crawlers out.

• however, doesn’t require special browsers.

• instead, a direct link to access is needed.

• Refers to websites on the Dark Net.

• Market Places, Dark Net Markets, etc.