The (optional) anonymisation layer provides
anonymity and privacy,
protecting against observation
and physical localisation of users and services.
Askemos supports the SOCKS4a protocol,
playing nice with tor.
(Which is unfortunately
open to atttack(pdf).
About tor vulnerability regarding TCP timestamp attacks.
TODO: teach tor to foward/replicate requests to alternative
instances of the same "hidden service".
We will be talking
http://www.i2p.net/sam
A (not yet supported) alternative would be
jap.