The dark web

THE DARK WEB

Let’s explore……With

Thamidul Islam Tonmoy#1206134

A Presentation on

Deep Web

Invisible web

Hidden web

1994• Dr. Jill Ellsworth used the term

Invisible Web

2001• The first use of the specific term Deep

Web occurred in Michael Bergman study

What is Dark Web?

• Part of the World Wide Web

• Not part of the Surface Web

-not indexed in standard earch engine

Why Search Engine can’t find them?

• Private web

• Unlinked content

• Dynamic content

• Limited access content

• Non-HTML content

Surface Web

Dark Web

Surface Web vs. Dark Web

Surface Web

Dark Web

From “Deep Web WHITE PAPER” by MICHAEL K. BERGMAN (2001)• Public information on the Deep Web is 400-550 times

larger than the commonly-defined World Wide Web• The Deep Web contains 7,500 terabytes of information,

compared to 19 on the Surface Web.

Surface Web

Dark Web

The Deep Web: Resource Discovery in the Library of Texas By Kathleen R. Murray and William E. Moen• The Deep Web is actually 2 - 50 times larger than the

surface Web

Surface Web

Dark Web

Deep Web Research 2006 by Marcus P. Zillman• Surface web 8 billion pages• Deep web 900 billion pages

How to access?

What’s to look for?

Good side of Dark Web

• Mind-reeling amount of information

• Powerful

• Secure

• Free of surveillance

• You can get anything

• High profile government officials

• Corporate officials

• Military

• Journalists

• Politicians

• Whistleblowers

• Hackers

• Criminals

• And in a couple of days……..

• Don’t click random links• Don’t trust anyone out there• Be Anonymous