New Version

Dargens anonymous p2p updated still a mod of Ants p2p.

New Dargens Screen Shots

http://www.dargens.com

Friend to friend anonymous p2p file sharing

Search other nets for interests:

To share files with more friends, pls click "my network" to join more networks and to find and add more new friends sharing interests.

What are you intersted in? Enter any email address: Choose password:

Getting started:

1. JOIN and you will automatically download a java p2p client then you're ready to start 2. Search, Download and keep, Use downloaded files when and how you want 3. Friends network so totally private only your friends know you're connected. 1a. Java p2p application downloading 1b. Accept verified certificate

How it works:

Dargens protects your privacy by avoiding direct connections with your sharing partners in the network. Instead you download and upload via your friends or those that share an interest. Most other file sharing programs use direct connections to download or upload, making your identity available to spies from commerce and other organizations. Also, if your friends, that you invited to join network, click on your Google ads you earn money (see explanation on My Net page)

BENEFITS:

ANONYMOUS P2P file sahring Hides identity when sharing Download incognito from internet SAFE file sharing FREE legal unlimited downloads* Search, download , play Millions of files available* No spyware, no adware and no spoofing Find rare music* for your ipod, TV* & Movies* for your PC, homework answers, pdf's*, eBooks* files for your education Search your friends shared files Download, keep and open files when and where YOU like YOUR identity while downloading and sharing is kept PRIVATE Simple to join and FREE to use Earn a monthly income by INVITING YOUR friends to join

New Version of Dargens -Better Web Gui

New version now up.

1. Now can add share directories from Dargens search webpage.

2. Better navigation feature - Logo is home and link to connected search page.

3. More content

How to Use Dargens Music Downloads

1. Click a picture on TV to INSTALL JAVA plugin.




2. Search for MP3, AVI or other types of files.




3. Click to download and play music, video or other types of files.

New Version of Dargens with Fast Web P2P Downloading

Web GUI improved.

Click a search result and it moves to download queue and downloads.

New Update - Darknet Functions Improved

The following have been done:

2007-10-23

make the upnp device send out info about kerj not ANTs p2p and gwren.

So modified UPnPDescriptor.java

2007-10-23

remove ants branding replace with branding from http://www.kerjodando.com/ website

So replaced all antsp2p.sourceforge.net

2007-10-23

Remove the warning of new version detected

So modified ConnectionAntPanel.java

2007-10-23

An exception on startup of the application

So modified this_componentResized() in FrameAnt.java

2007-10-24

Make STUNT work better.

STUNT A_ST2 timeout problem modified STUNT.jar

2007-10-23

Make STUNT work better.

A STUNT doesn't work problem modified Ant.java, no port conversion for STUNT URI

2007-10-18

For a logined user who has two swarms, must update its trusted peers in two swarms,must add peer ips to ipfilter.dat

So modified a lot, using session to control users' action

2007-10-16

For registered user, two swarms but only need one kerjo insteady of two kerjoes

So added five lines to jnlp_controller.rb, so that no two kerjos will be running.if count == 1 thenflash[:notice]="joined the swarm."redirect_to :backreturnend

2007-10-16

Logined users can not get a connection to other host

So modified jnlp_controller.rb,for logined users, the identity is wrongly set.replace_str <

2007-10-10

Not working with all version of Java

I'v spending many time to find the cause. Finally the jnlp is modified:1.jnlp is downloaded as random filenames2.set the $$href to empty.(Which will prohibit the new JWSes from downloading jnlp twice)

2007-10-10

Make STUNT work better.

STUNT has an unhandled timeout for state A_ST1 Add timeout and retry mechanism to A_ST1

2007-10-9

STUNT souce code is uploaded to google code

Will make reference to Dargens.com and Digiworld Ltd who paid for the work as well as Casper. Will put link on kerjodando development site.

2007-10-8

Make work with all versions of Java

The ObjectInputStream handshaking problem, this problem may exist in jre1.6.03The problem is stated at http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=649207&messageID=3820132 add keyAgreementOutStream.flush() to SecureServerSocketThread.java and SecureClientSocketThread.java

2007-10-8

Java problem

Jre 1.6.0_03 concerning problem1.setup environment, all peers should use the new java version

2007-10-8

Don't forget that this is also for week one:Try one connection method until connected.Only try to connect if not connected and then try internal, direct and stunt in that order. Also, make sure STUNT is working correctly by investigating error messages.

Added ConnectionThreadManager.java to solve this problem. Now, if one site is connecting, no more retries until the connecting process is finished.

Test Anonymous Network for New Unsigned bands

New URL www.Dargens.com

Now has STUNT working firewall tunnelling and Upnp.

Sorry still only windows - working on mac and Linux compatibility.

Need folks to help testing.

A long way from finishing but making good steady progress.

Developer will be working full time from 8th October 2007.

Also, issue that JRE 1.60_02 and JRE 1.60_3 only work when jar is first downloaded.

JRE 1.60_01 and previous JRE versions work perfectly.

Social Network P2P Filesharing

Please email me ( ezzy.elliott@gmail.com ) it you can help test the new firewall hole punching features of itsDargens social network p2p filesharing.

Michel Bauwens Anonymous P2P Peer Production

I found this very interesting.

In the end users will make their own networks (friend to friend). These networks will be private and free.

Audio Galaxy

1. Testing has stopped on TCP NAT traversal due to Casper having to move City. Looking to re-start soon. A real pity as we were very close to completing project. C'est la vie - Suppose there is more to life than hacking code.

2. Web Gui to have three parts:

• Search form (done)
• Search results page and link to queue item for download (partly done)
  
• Download queue page with progress indicator and link to open downloaded file

As Vincent has quit the project due to lack of free time I am looking for a new person to do this.

3. The completed kerjodando p2p will closely resemble the old Audiogalaxy website:

• Web based interface
• Queue files for later delivery and
• Full parsing of mp3 meta data.

TCP NAT Traversal Testing for Anonymous File Sharing

Firewall hole punching implemented.

Now testing step by step.

So sometimes the test group http://www.itsdargens.com/swarm/show_one/86d1cca8104f981648eb1b1d0f0f3a39
might produce unexpected results.

Please try it we need more testers.

STUNT P2P TCP NAT Traversal on a Ad-hoc Overlay Network

I've been thinking about this TCP NAT Traversal (TCP hole punching a method that allows everyone to connect quickly without port forwarding).

I think the following changes are needed to kerjodando to make it work.

1. Trusted Peers list (and itsDargens User database table) need to include two extra hidden fields, User ID (prob already in itsDargens database) and "use STUNT" flag. For example, if 100 users on a LAN connect to one group they will all have different user IDs although they have the same ip+port. Then when a user wants to connect to another user (after trying direct connection) they connect to STUNT using their user ID and signal (using SIPS) to another users ID. STUNT then tell them what ip+port to use to connect to that user ID. Also STUNT would set the "use STUNT flag" to yes.
2. ItsDargens user database to change to include "use STUNT" flag
3. Trusted peer file needs to download and use the included user IDs and "use STUNT" flag as well as ip+port.
   

The other thing I realised is that for signaling, users will have to maintain a connection to the STUNT server as long as they have a user (user ID) in their trusted peers list that they are not connected to.

However, once they have connected to all their trusted peers they can disconnect form the STUNT server.

Also, probably there will be some users that you can't connect to even with STUNT, maybe these should be marked as such in "use STUNT" flag and counted as connected when deciding if should disconnect form STUNT server.

To me a STUNT server consists of the following processes:

1. Maintaing TCP user connections with many users (User IDs)
   
2. Recording user (user ID) ip+port for at least two test connections from the user
3. Calculating predicted ip+port for a user (User ID)
4. Reply to a request to connect to a User ID with predicted ip+port
   
5. Telling other User to also make a request etc
6. Recording "STUNT flag" in user database table so that it can be included in downloaded trusted peers
7. Recording if STUNT does not work
   

More About STUNT:

Found STUNT ( Simple Traversal of UDP Through NATs and TCP too) library in java:

http://nutss.gforge.cis.cornell.edu//jstunt-faq.php


What does the stunt.jar library provide?

It provides a way to establish unproxied TCP connections between two end-points, both of which can be behind a NAT. It returns a SocketChannel that can be used for blocking or non-blocking IO as the application desires.


How does one write a server-client or peer-to-peer applications with the library?

We have provided a simple server-client application consisting of an EchoServer ( http://nutss.gforge.cis.cornell.edu//EchoServer.java ) that accepts inbound connections from one or more EchoClient ( http://nutss.gforge.cis.cornell.edu//EchoClient.java ) applications.


Does the library require some infrastructure?

Yes. The library requires a rendezvous server (much like a directory server) where applications with one URI can find the application with another URI and coordinate to establish a connection. The library also requires some STUNT servers that help applications find out their external IP address and port for establishing the real connection.


Does the rendezvous server proxy data?

No. The rendezvous server only helps set up the connection. After that, all data is exchanged directly between the end-points and does not go through the rendezvous server.


Who provides the rendezvous and STUNT service? Who can use them?

We at Cornell University are providing a rendezvous and STUNT service for developers and researchers to use. However, if you wish to deploy your own application that uses the library, we ask that you set up rendezvous and STUNT servers only for your own applications such that you do not overburden the Cornell service (which is for research and development purposes) and so that outages and changes in the Cornell service doesn't affect your application. The rendezvous server ( https://gforge.cis.cornell.edu/frs/?group_id=15 )and STUNT server ( https://gforge.cis.cornell.edu/frs/?group_id=15 )code is freely available.


Is this library under active development? Will you implement feature X?

The library is a proof of concept that TCP NAT Traversal is possible and is intended to be a starting-poing for application developers who want to use it in a real-world deployable project. At the same time, it is a library that can be used more-or-less unmodified for research and quicky-development and prototyping of applications. Time permitting, I would like to implement various features that are requested; but I cannot promise that all features will be implemented in a timely fashion. I will do my best to make the library more suited to its primary goal -- show how the NAT TCP problem can be solved easily by applications.


I want to implement TCP NAT traversal in my application but don't want to use your library?

The TCP NAT traversal code is contained in the file STUNTCont.java ( https://gforge.cis.cornell.edu/plugins/scmcvs/cvsweb.php/old/stunt_java/src/net/nutss/stunt/STUNCont.java?cvsroot=cvsroot%2Fnutss ). It includes extensive documentation. Feel free to adapt the code to your application. The rendezvous service and the STUNT service are modular and may be replaced by your own implementations if you wish to use the rest of the library.


Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STUN

Aslo see:

see STUNT

http://nutss.gforge.cis.cornell.edu/stunt.php

and

http://www1.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/p2prg/current/msg00789.html

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAT_traversal

and

http://reports-archive.adm.cs.cmu.edu/anon/isri2005/CMU-ISRI-05-104.pdf

and

http://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/tech/2005-September/011611.html

kerjodando p2p - Your Own Private Internet

Hi

Now testing kerjodando p2p, your own private internet.

Search, download, enjoy.

1. Goto test page here http://www.itsdargens.com/swarm/show_one/86d1cca8104f981648eb1b1d0f0f3a39
2. Click START to open torrent file to download and install kerjodando p2p client
3. Click RUN to accept kerjodando digital signature.
4. When kerjodando opens wait for connection (3 minutes)
5. Search
6. Download by right-clicking on file and selecting download

Currently beta testing so email me back with comments.

Thanks

Firewall Tunnelling and Quicker User Connection

Tne next project is ensure that users connect quickly and easily to kerjodando. It has two parts:

1. Ensure that users connect quickly and easily to trusted peers ONLY (except for users using Upnp to connect to other LAN users)

Currently "Ants" has several methods of connecting these need to be removed leaving only trusted peers and Upnp.

There might be more than this but here are the methods I know:

1. irc - REMOVED
   
2. gwebcache - REMOVED
   
3. peers - previous connections - LEAVE
   
4. random walk across the network from peer to peer recording peers with free slots - TO BE REMOVED
   
5. manual connect in advance tab - LEAVE
   
6. trusted peers - IMPROVE SO THAT IT KEEPS TRYING UNTIL CONNECTION MADE WITHOUT ANY BANDWIDTH TESTING
7. Upnp - LEAVE

This is important as with fewer users in each group quick connection is very important.


2. Using the itsDargens website as an intermediary develop a simple process to allow two peers with un-forwarded ports to connect.

I must admit that I don't fully understand the TCP/IP protocol but I would prefer if the solution involved a client connecting to website and then the website updating the trusted peers file to reflect the external port that was used. (This could be total rubbish on my part) The solution must be SIMPLE.

This is important as with fewer users in each group quick connection is very important and there is a high probability that both users may not have kerj ports forwarded.

Both jobs are urgent as the point of the application is to CONNECT and DOWNLOAD and currently about 50% of users can't connect!



The full list of things added and removed are:

Needed:
Own folder, separate from Ants - JAVA - OUTSTANDING
Client minimize to systems tray on opening - JAVA- OUTSTANDING
try to connect to trusted peers - JAVA- OUTSTANDING
itsdargens itermediate connection help where two users behind a firewall - RAILS - OUTSTANDING
ipfilter.dat - RAILS - OUTSTANDING
irc applet to website - RAILS- OUTSTANDING
email invite from google and IM on website - RAILS - OUTSTANDING


Not Needed:
Help page not needed as it is no help! - JAVA - DONE
Browser location setting no longer needed - JAVA - DONE
Monitor clip board for ed2k and ants links - JAVA - DONE
Random walk for new peers with free slots (must use trusted peers) - JAVA - OUTSTANDING
irc - JAVA - DONE
http tunnel - JAVA - DONE
ed2k hashes - JAVA - DONE
Search for peers on Gwebcache - JAVA - DONE
publish ip on gwebcache - JAVA - DONE
any restriction on peers connected to e.g. bandwidth - JAVA - OUTSTANDING

kerjodando Cutting it Back to the Core

2007-6-26 remove skin
SettingsAntPanel.java, jLabel18 and jComboBox4 removed.Four setLookAndFeel() have been modified. LookAndFeel were set to getCrossPlatformLookAndFeelClassName()
remove Trendy,Napkin,Liquid related jars

2007-7-9 http tunnel
HttpAntPanel class was totally removed, and other places where HttpAntPanel is used are also modified
HttpAntPanel.java modified, leaving only one static attribute 07-07-08
HttpPopupMenu.java removed. This popuo menu is only use in http tunnel tab

2007-7-9 ed2k hash
shared file no need to calculate its hashvalue
BackgroundEngine.java, leave sharedFilesIndexED2KHash as an empty object,DonkeyHashFile object removed
DonkeyHashFile.java removed
removed ants.p2p.utils.donkey.*, including Convert.java,DonkeyHashFile.java,DonkeyPacketConstant.java,MD4.java
In SharePopupMenu.java,jMenuItem2 was removed, generating a ed2k link is removed
FileInfos.java, calculating the ed2k hash of a file is replace with an empty string

2007-7-10 GWebCache
SettingsAntPanel.java: removed jCheckBox8 and jCheckBox9 and all concerning GWebCache
ConnectionManager.java: lastGWebCacheUpdate,lastGWebCacheFetch,publishIpOnGWebCache,searchIpOnGWebCache all removed
delete com.limegroup

2007-7-10 IRC bots
ConnectionManager.java, irc concerning things removed,org.jibble.pircbot.* not need again
SettingAntsPanel.java, a panel concerning IRC is removed
ConnectionAntPanel.jave,this.container.sap.* concerning IRC is removed,IrcBot related things removed
ICRbot.java deleted
ChatAntPanel.java deleted
ChatPopMenu.java deleted
UsersComparator.java deleted
SettingAntsPanel.java, checking if it is null before updating its look and feel

2007-7-10 Not monitor ed2k: link in clipboard
QueryLinkDaemon.java set ed2kFound=false;SettingAntsPanel.jCheckBox7.tooltips changed

You Can Use Any Port on ANts p2p version 2 (kerjodando)

The development team has just added a new option to use any port to connect to Ants p2p (kerjodando) YUM YUM!

See http://www.itsdargens.com/swarm/show_one/86d1cca8104f981648eb1b1d0f0f3a39

If you don't put a port then 443 is used.

443 is still the recommended port as it allows people behind firewalls to connect easily.

Please try it we need some feedback.

Connecting to a P2P Network - ANts p2p and ANts p2p version 2 (kerjodando)

Port Needed to Connect to Ants p2p and Ants p2p version 2 (kerjodando)
Your Enviroment			Can You Connect?
Your Port	Port on Firewall Open?	Port forwarded?	YOU can connect TO OTHERS	OTHERS can connect TO YOU
443	Yes*	Yes	Yes	Yes
443	Yes*	No	Yes	Once you have connected to first user then others can connect to you.
Other Port	Yes	Yes	Yes	Once you have connected to first user then others can connect to you.
Other Port	Yes	No	Yes	Once you have connected to first user then others can connect to you.
Other Port	No	No	No	No
*This port is always open in firewalls;

Feedback From Testing

Good:
Downloads fast
Uploads Fast
Loads of Content

Bad:
Lots of new users could not connect


Connection is the most important part of p2p. Once web gui is done and application made much small so quicker to download the next big priority is connection.

Currently you should have no probs if use port 443 and make sure that this is forwarded.

If you use another port (even if forwarded) then no one will be able to connect to you. You can only connect to others.

If you are behind a firewall or proxy and don't use 443 then you will not be able to connect.

So use port 443, make sure it is forwarded.

Use the proxy option if you're behind a corporate or university proxy like websence.

Tell you friends about it. Then you can make sure that you have someone to connect with and share with.

Smaller P2P - New Project Member Casper

The project now has a new team member, Casper.

He has been tasked to reduce the size and complexity of the kerjodando client.

He is starting work immediately.

His first task is make sure the admin of the project, svn etc is professional.

kerjodando p2p updated with latest ANts p2p Code

I have updated kerjodando with the latest ANts p2p source code from Gwren. (see www.itsDargens.com)

For the next few weeks (months) while we are testing the meetups (private groups) have been switched off to make it easier to test.

The next update will be an example of the webgui showing searching.

Hopefully this will be tomorrow.