Lphant
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| Lphant | |
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| File:Lphant logo.png | |
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| Original author | Juanjo |
| Stable release | 3.51 (March 3, 2009) [±] |
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| Written in | C# |
| Engine | |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS |
| Size | 2.8 MB |
| Available in | 19 languages[citation needed] |
| Type | Peer-to-peer file sharing |
| Licence | Freeware |
Lphant was a peer-to-peer file sharing client for the Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS operating systems,[1] which supports the eDonkey Network and the BitTorrent protocol.[2] It was available in 19 languages.[3] The name and logo of the original Lphant application has been replicated in a program called "Lphant 6.0" (see Domain Name Acquisition).
Features
[edit | edit source]Lphant is a multi-network client, capable of searching for files by connecting to ed2k servers or through the emule source exchange and the kad network. Files can be downloaded simultaneously using the ed2k and BitTorrent protocols. Lphant supports various experimental ed2k features such as Protocol obfuscation, endgame althorithm and webcache, some of which are only found in eMule mods. However, some emule modders consider Lphant a leeching application and have therefore created algorithms which emulate their mods to Lphant when connecting to an Lphant client.[4]
Domain Name Acquisition
[edit | edit source]On March 9, 2009, Discordia Ltd, a Cyprus-based company,[5] acquired the home page and the advertisement server of the original application, respectively lphant.com and adliveserver.com domains.
Instead of advertisements, current versions of the original application may display a message suggesting to users they should upgrade Lphant by installing an executable package named LphantV6.exe. Installing this package will result in removal of the original application and loss of eDonkey and BitTorrent connectivity.[6][7] Users of the original Lphant application can prevent the display of such messages by blocking the ad.adliveserver.com domain using a hosts file or a firewall.
The web site has been redesigned using the same elephant-like logo of the original application. The similarity of names and graphics may have caused some download services to falsely advertise the eDonkey and BitTorrent connectivity of the original client while providing the non-original program for download.[8][9][10][11]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ According to Lphant v3.51.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). "Most other clients in the eD2k network prefere sharing with clients of their own kind."
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)."it connects neither to BitTorrent nor to eDonkey/Kad but to its own, centralized and filtered network"
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)."we wouldn’t recommend since it doesn’t connect either to BitTorrent or to eDonkey/Kad. Instead, it connects to a centralized network of its own which again means that only a limited file types are allowed, video files can only be 15 minute-long"
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Despite offering a screenshot of the original application, the provided software is not an eDonkey client as Betanews claim
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). The provided software is not compatible with emule/edonkey
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). The provided software is not compatible with the ed2k protocol
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). Although Download.com claims to offer the original 3.51 version, the provided link redirects to Discordia's domain which offers the non-original LphantV6.exe client
External links
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- Original Lphant home page at the Wayback Machine (archived February 6, 2008)