eepsite.md

tags: ["kovri"]
terms: ["Eepsite", "Hidden-Service", "Garlic-Site", "Garlic-Service"]
summary: "A website or service hosted within the I2P network"

The Basics

Is it EEP! (in response to the site's content), or end-to-end protocol, or something else entirely different?

While the original definition of eepsite has been lost with time, its use-case remains: an eepsite is a website or service that is hosted within (and only accessible by) the @I2P network.

In-depth Information

Alternate names include:

1. Hidden Service

• because the site/service is hidden within the @I2P network and can only be visited within the network

2. Garlic Site

• because the website utilizes @I2P's @garlic-routing technology as a means of communicating with a client
• because the service is hosted as a website and not any other type of service

3. Garlic Service

• because the service utilizes @I2P's @garlic-routing technology as a means of communicating with a client
• because the service is specific to services like IRC, email, or a Monero peer (but may also include websites)

Notes

To learn how to setup an Eepsite (Hidden Service, Garlic Site, Garlic Service) visit the @Kovri user-guide.