StealthNet
StealthNet is an anonymous P2P file sharing software based on the original RShare client, and has been enhanced. It was first named 'RShare CE'. It use the same network and protocols as RShare.
In 2011 a fork named DarkNode was released, but one year later the website is cleared with the source code.
History
Development was stopped in March 2011, with version 0.8.7.9, with no official explanation on the web site.In 2012, the developers had an incident with the software Apache Subversion, a part of the source code of StealthNet was lost : versions 0.8.7.5 to 0.8.7.9. However the source code is still available as files.
In 2017 it was forked into version 0.8.8.0.
Features
Some of the features of StealthNet:- Mix network
- Easy to use
- Multi-source download : 'Swarming'
- Resumption of interrupted downloads
- Can filter the file types searched
- SNCollection: this type of file contain a list of files shared into StealthNet. Like the "eMule collection" file and Torrents files
- Point-to-Point traffic encryption with AES standard process
- EndPoint to EndPoint traffic encryption with RSA standard
- Strong file hashes based on SHA-512 algorithm
- Anti-flooding measures
- Text mode client available for OS with Mono support like Linux, OSX and others
Drawbacks
- Has no support for UPnP, the user must open a port number into his router.
- Anonymity is unproven. An earlier version allowed for full deanonymization of users.
- The source code contains no documentation at all.
- The encryption level that was strong in the 2000s is now medium since the 2010s.