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ANts P2P
{{Notability|date=March 2010}}

{{Infobox software
| name                   = ANts P2P
| developer              = [[Gwren]]
| latest release version = v1.6.0 Beta - Protocol 1.0.0
| latest release date    = {{release date|2008|02|01}}
| operating system       = [[Cross-platform]]
| programming language   = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| genre                  = [[File sharing]], [[Anonymous P2P|Anonymous peer to peer]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website                = http://sourceforge.net/projects/antsp2p/
}}

'''ANts P2P''' is an [[Anonymous P2P|anonymous peer-to-peer]] [[open source]] [[file sharing]] software written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]. The project was launched in 2004, and the code is licensed under the [[GNU General Public License|GPL]].

==Features==
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ANts P2P encrypts all trafficdata <ref>{{Ccitation needed|date=September 2008}} sent or received from others and proxies traffic between participants in the network toe web |author=Slyck News |title=Slyck News - ANts P2P2P: A New Approach to File-Sharing |url=http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=567 |accessdate=2010-10-27}}</ref> sent or received from others and proxies traffic between participants in the network (between the source node and the destination node). This 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 address]]es.  ⏎
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Some of its features include:⏎
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<ref>{{cite web |author=ANTs P2P |title=ANTs P2P |url=http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net |accessdate=2010-10-27}}</ref>
* Open Source Java implementation (GNU-GPL license).
* Multiple sources download. 
* Automatic update of the software.
* Point-to-point [[encryption]] (AES 128 - [[Diffie-Hellman|DH]] 512).
* End to end encryption (AES 128 - [[Diffie-Hellman|DH]] 512).
* Multipath routing for packets.
* Preferential connections to give the network a fast [[Backbone network|backbone]].
* Support for partial [[download]]s.
* Support for the [[eDonkey]] link format.
(contracted; show full)* [[Anonymous P2P]]
* [[Comparison of file sharing applications]]
* [[MUTE]] (similar P2P project)
* [[I2Phex]] (similar P2P project)
* [[RShare]] (similar P2P project)
* [[OneSwarm]] (similar P2P project)


==References==
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==External links==
* [http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net/ Sourceforge ANts P2P website]
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/antsp2p/ ANts P2P project summary] on [[SourceForge.net]]
* [http://antsp2p.altervista.org/ v1.5.7/0.9.4 English ANts Guide]
* [http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=567 ANts P2P: A new approach to file sharing] - [[Slyck news]], Septembers 13, 2004. Detailed view of some technical and legal aspects of ANts P2P.

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