MLDonkey
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| MLDonkey | |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2001 |
| Written in | OCaml, with some C and assembly |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Unix-like, MorphOS |
| Type | P2P file sharing |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | github |
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MLDonkey is an open-source, multi-protocol, peer-to-peer file sharing application that runs as a back-end server application on many platforms. It can be controlled through a user interface provided by one of many separate front-ends, including a Web interface, telnet interface and over a dozen native client programs.
Originally a Linux client for the eDonkey protocol, it now runs on many flavors of Unix-like, OS X, Microsoft Windows and MorphOS and supports numerous peer-to-peer protocols.
It is written in OCaml, with some C and some assembly.
History
Development of the software began in late 2001. The original developer of MLDonkey is Fabrice Le Fessant from INRIA. It was originally conceived as an effort to spread the use of OCaml in the open source community.[1]
In January 2003, Slyck.com reported brief friction between MLDonkey developers and the official Overnet MetaMachine developers, which denounced MLDonkey as a "rogue client", allegedly for incorrect behavior on the network.[2]
Versions before 3.0 have a known security vulnerability that allows an attacker with access to the web interface to read any file on the file system.[3]
Features
Features of MLdonkey core:
- Peer to peer (p2p) program that supports the following network protocols, either partially or completely:
- FastTrack (Kazaa)
- eDonkey network (with Overnet and Kad network)
- BitTorrent (with Mainline DHT)
- Direct Connect
- HTTP/FTP
- Multiple control interfaces: telnet, web interface, third party GUIs.
Written in the OCaml programming language and licensed under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, the application separates the user interface (which can be a web browser, telnet, or a third-party GUI application) and the code that interacts with the peer-to-peer networks.
MLDonkey is able to connect simultaneously to different peers using different network protocols. In addition it can download and merge parts of one file from different network protocols[4] although this feature is currently documented as experimental. MLDonkey runs in a terminal session and does not require a GUI environment, saving memory and processing resources. Behavior is controlled by editable configuration files, or—in a more user friendly fashion—from a separate user interface.
From release 2.9.0 (2007) on, support for gnutella and G2 are no longer compiled in by default as both plugins are buggy and currently unmaintained;[5] however, it is still possible to compile them in by making the appropriate setting in the configuration file.[6]
Frontends
- P2P-GUI (web interface)
- Onager (Palm OS)
- Sancho
- MuleDroid - Interface Android
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fessant, Fabrice Le; Patarin, Simon (2003). Fabrice Le Fessant; MLdonkey, a Multi-Network Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Program (report). INRIA.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mennecke, Thomas (January 17, 2003). "Rogue Clients and Overnet". Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2010.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walker-Morgan, DJ (16 March 2009). "MLDonkey 3.0 closes security hole". H-online.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Latest cores (above 2.5.28) contain an experimental feature: swarming between networks". Archived from the original on 2008-05-03. Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."OtherNetworksSupported - MLDonkey". Archived from the original on 2016-11-12. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MLDonkey will no longer compile in Gnutella and G2 support by default". Archived from the original on 2009-01-14.
General references
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kwaśniewski, Andrzej (November 18, 2005). "P2P pod Linuksem" [P2P in Linux]. PC World (in Polish).
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External links
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