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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|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 ==

ANts P2P encrypts all traffic{{Fact|date=September 2008}} sent or received from others and proxies traffic between participants in the network to make it harder to determine the originating [[IP address]]es. Some of its features include:

* 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.
* Autosearch sources for active and interrupted downloads.
* Finding parts of files through normal queries or queries by hash.
* Full text indexing and searches over full file content and full file path location.
* Non-anonymous [[internet Relay Chat]].
* 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{{Fact|date=September 2008}}; 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.

== Security ==
The data transfers run over indirect connections: Senders and receivers of a file do not hold a direct connection with each other, but the connection cascades over several nodes, so that neither party can trivially determine the other's identity.

The traffic between nodes is encrypted with [[Advanced Encryption Standard|AES]], which prevents sniffing both from outsiders and from transit nodes. The encryption key exchange uses [[Diffie-Hellman]] algorithm.

== See also ==
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* [[Anonymous P2P]]
* [[Comparison of file sharing applications]]
* [[MUTE]] (similar P2P project)
* [[I2Phex]] (similar P2P project)
* [[RShare]] (similar P2P project)

== 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.

[[Category:Anonymous file sharing networks]]

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