ANts P2P - Features

Features

ANts P2P encrypts all data sent or received from peer nodes (AES 128 - DH 512). Furthermore, it dynamically establishes on demand "virtual encrypted tunnels" (AES 128 - DH 512) among nodes that are willing to exchange a file. Encrypted packets are then exchanged via intermediate nodes in the network; these intermediate nodes have no systematic way available for intercepting keys and packets. Therefore it is difficult to perform man-in-the-middle attacks in this network. This second layer of encryption is called endpoint encryption. Theoretically, endpoint encryption means proxy nodes cannot identify the data they proxy. So this can make it harder to determine the originating IP addresses of a given packet transmitted through the network.

Some of its features include:

  • Open Source Java implementation (GNU-GPL license).
  • Portable "all-in-one-folder" release that does not require setup.
  • Multipath routing for packets.
  • Preferential connections to give the network a fast backbone.
  • Support for partial downloads with automatic resume.
  • Multiple sources download.
  • Swarming (aka segmented downloading) from partial files.
  • Autosearch sources for active and interrupted downloads.
  • Distributed/Decentralized Search engine by MD5 hash, string and structured query.
  • Full text search of indexed documents (pdf, html, txt, doc etc.) powered by Apache Lucene.
  • Support for the eDonkey2k link format.
  • IRC based peer discovery system.
  • IRC embeded chat system.
  • Completely Object-Oriented routing protocol.
  • Serverless GWebCache-based peer discovery procedure.
  • HTTP server tunneling.
  • ANts allow P2P communications through any kind of HTTP Proxy.
  • ANts allow P2P communications through any kind of NAT or traffic filtering system.
  • Point-to-point encryption (AES 128 - DH 512).
  • End to end encryption (AES 128 - DH 512).
  • Queries are encrypted asymmetrically. This means that only the originator can read the query results. Everyone can read the query string but this asymmetric approach reduces the potential of a node to do transit query analysis.

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