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Lphant
Original author(s)Juanjo
Stable release
v3.51 / July 24, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-07-24)
Written inC#
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS
Size2.8MB
Available inEnglish, Spanish, German, French, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish
TypePeer-to-peer file sharing
LicenceFreeware

Lphant is an ad supported 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 is available in 11 languages.[3]

On March 9th, 2009 Discordia, Ltd. acquired the Lphant.com domain name and released a software called Lphant v4, which uses the same name and elephant-like logo but only connects to the iMesh network. This follows the pattern of previous acquisitions respectively takeovers of P2P clients and their websites by Discordia, such as Shareaza and BearShare.

Features

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[4], 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.[5]

Acquisition

On March 2009 Discordia Ltd. acquired the Lphant.com domain name from the project owners and released a new client entitled Lphant 4.

Lphant is no longer compatible with BitTorrent or eDonkey [6] and now connects to the closed and private iMesh P2P [7] network, providing social networking features, such as profiles, friend lists and instant messaging between its users.[8]. So, the only solution for those who want to continue using this P2P application is to reinstall the previous version, Lphant v3.51; it is no longer available from the lphant website, but it can still be downloaded from several third party download sites.

References

  1. ^ "Supported operating systems". Internet Archive. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  2. ^ "Lphant 3.51 binary and description". Chip Magazine. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  3. ^ "Lphant information (languages)". Softonic. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
  4. ^ "Comparison of eDonkey software". Wikipedia: The free encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-04-10.
  5. ^ "emulate lphant feature". Sourceforge/ScarAngel. Retrieved 2009-04-10. "Most other clients in the eD2k network prefere sharing with clients of their own kind."
  6. ^ "Discordia takes over Lphant P2P domain". FileShareFreak.com. Retrieved March 7, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  7. ^ "File-Sharing Services Seek Pact With Record Studios". nytimes.com. Retrieved March 18, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  8. ^ According to the eula "Instant Messaging and Public Areas. Lphant is a community...The Lphant Software makes it possible to send and receive "instant messages" ("Instant Messaging")
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