MUTE

MUTE logo

Developer(s)| Jason Rohrer
Initial release| 2003
Final release|

0.5.1b [1] / May 27, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-05-27)

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]

## Contents

* 1 History of MUTE
* 2 Software compatible with the network MUTE
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History of MUTE

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 compatible with the network MUTE

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
Screenshot of the software Kommute (2010) tab connections.

## See also

* File sharing
* Anonymous P2P
* Comparison of file sharing applications
* StealthNet \- a similar software (same goals but better security)

## References

1. ↑ "CVS Info for project mute-net". http://mute-net.cvs.sourceforge.net/mute-net/MUTE/doc/changeLog.txt.
2. ↑ "MUTE: Simple, Anonymous File Sharing". http://mute-net.sourceforge.net/technicalDetails.shtml.
3. ↑ "MUTE: Simple, Anonymous File Sharing". http://mute-net.sourceforge.net/personInTheMiddle.shtml.
4. ↑ "Covering tracks: New privacy hope for P2P". CNET News. February 24, 2004. http://www.news.com/2100-1027_3-5164413.html.
5. ↑ "ANts P2P". http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net/.
6. ↑ "Calypso Anonymous Filesharing". http://calypso.sourceforge.net/.
7. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112135543/http://sourceforge.net/apps/phpbb/calypso/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2. Retrieved 2011-07-03.
8. ↑ "SourceForge.net: Kommute : anonymous P2P - a MUTE Client". http://sourceforge.net/projects/kommute.
9. ↑ "MUTE: Simple, Anonymous File Sharing". http://mute-net.sourceforge.net/.
10. ↑ "MUTE - Browse /MUTE File Sharing at SourceForge.net". https://sourceforge.net/projects/mute-net/files/MUTE File Sharing/.
11. ↑ "MFC MUTE". https://sourceforge.net/projects/mfc-mute-net/.
12. ↑ "NapShare at SourceForge". http://napshare.sourceforge.net/.
13. ↑ "NapShare - Browse /NapShare V2.2.4/NapShare V2.2.4 at SourceForge.net". https://sourceforge.net/projects/napshare/files/NapShare V2.2.4/NapShare V2.2.4/.

## External links

* Official: website (hosted on SourceForge), forums, mailing list. 'How the MUTE Anonymous P2P network works'.
* Unofficial: MUTE wiki and FAQs (dead as of 2017)

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Peer-to-peer file sharing

Networks,
protocols|

| List|

* List of P2P protocols

|

Decentralized|

* Ares
* BitTorrent
* FastTrack
* OpenFT
* Gnutella
* Gnutella2
* Overnet
* WinMX

Server-based|

* Direct Connect
* eDonkey2000
* Kad
* OpenNap

Anonymous|

* Freenet
* GNUnet
* MUTE
* Oneswarm
* Perfect Dark
* RetroShare
* Share
* StealthNet
* WASTE
* Winny

Single client|

* DAT
* Filetopia
* Fopnu
* Soribada
* Soulseek

Comparisons
of clients|

* Advanced Direct Connect
* BitTorrent
* Direct Connect
* eDonkey
* Gnutella
* Gnutella2

Hyperlinks|

* eD2k
* Magnet
* Metalink

Uses|

* Backup
* Broadcatching
* Segmented file transfer
* Disk sharing
* game & video sharing
* Image sharing
* Music sharing
* Peercasting
* Sharing software
* Web hosting (Freesite, IPFS, WebTorrent, ZeroNet)
* Legal aspects

Concepts|

| Privacy|

* Anonymous P2P
* Darknet
* Darkweb
* Friend-to-friend
* I2P
* Open Music Model
* Private P2P
* Seedbox
* Tor
* Virtual private network

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Internal
technologies|

* Distributed data store
* DHT
* Merkle tree
* Mix networks
* NAT traversal
* PEX
* Protocol Encryption
* SHA-1
* Super-seeding
* Tracker
* UDP hole punching
* µTP

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