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{{Infobox software
| name                   = ANts P2P
| developer              = [[Gwren]]
| latest release version = v1.6.0 Beta - Protocol 1.0.0
| latest release date    = {{release date|2008|0210|11|017}}
| 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://antsp2p.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]]. As of the 7th of November 2010, this software has been downloaded by over 500.000 users.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sourceforge |title=ANtsP2P project download statistics |url=http://sourceforge.net/project/stats/detail.php?group_id=106782&ugn=antsp2p&type=prdownload&mode=alltime&file_id=0 |accessdate=2010-11-7}}</ref>

==Features==
ANts P2P encrypts all data <ref>{{cite 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 otherpeer nodes and proxies traffic between participants in the network (between thea source node and thea destination node). 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 address]]es of a given packet transmitted through the network.

Some of its features include:<ref>{{cite web |author=ANTs P2P Project at Sourceforge |title=ANTs P2P |url=http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net |accessdate=2010-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ants P2P Guide |title=Ants P2P Guide |url=http://antsp2p.altervista.org/features.html |accessdate=2010-11-03}}</ref>
* Open Source [[Java]] implementation (GNU-GPL license).
* Automatic [[update]] of the software.
* Multipath [[routing]] for packets.
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* Point-to-point [[encryption]] (AES 128 - [[Diffie-Hellman|DH]] 512).
* End to end encryption (AES 128 - [[Diffie-Hellman|DH]] 512).
* Queries are encrypted [[Asymmetric key algorithm|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.

ANts P2P also allows users to offer [[web server]]s anonymously
;<ref>{{Ccitation needed|date=September 2008}};e web |author=Gwren |title=ANts P2P tutorial |url=http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net/antsp2phelp/HttpConnections.htm |accessdate=2010-11-7}}</ref> these servers are only reachable from within the ANts P2P network. ANts P2P is however not an outproxy network which lets users reach services on the conventional internet; for this, an outproxy service such as [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] can be used separately.

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