MUTE logo | |
Developer(s) | Jason Rohrer |
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Initial release | 2003 |
Final release | 0.5.1b [1]
/ May 27, 2009 |
Written in | C++ (MinGW) |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Platform | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X |
Available in | English, french |
Type | File sharing, Anonymous peer to peer |
License | Public domain |
Website | mute-net.sourceforge.net |
The MUTE Network (or MUTE-net) is an unmaintained peer-to-peer file sharing network developed with anonymity in mind.
The MUTE client is open source software released under the Public domain and includes support for the Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows computer operating systems.
All MUTE compatible clients use RSA encryption to exchange keys, and AES (128 bits) to encrypt stream data.[2]
The design of the MUTE network is vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle attack.[3]
MUTE was developed by Jason Rohrer using a routing algorithm based on ant colony optimization.[4]
In the same period of time (mid 2000s), MUTE was competed by the software 'AntsP2P'.[5]
Software name | OS | First release year | Last update year | Comments |
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Calypso[6] | Windows, Linux | 2010 | 2010 (v0.24) | Had the project to fork the source code of Kommute.[7] Last version (v0.24) can not find peers automatically anymore (as of 2016), only manually by adding peers IPs. |
Kommute[8] | Windows, Linux | 2006 | 2010 (v0.24) | |
Mute[9] | Windows, OSX, Linux | 2003[10] | 2009 (v0.5.1b) | The very first client, has a basic GUI. |
Mute MFC[11] | Windows, Linux | 2005 | 2005 (v0.0.7) | Had the goal to have a better graphical user interface. |
NapShare[12] | Windows, Linux | 2001 | 2006[13] | Automatable |