Areas Galaxy

Ares Galaxy is an open source peer to peer file sharing application that uses its own decentralized super node/leaf network. It was spun off from the gnutella network in 2002. And it is currently hosted on SourceForge.net. Ares Galaxy has a simple, quick access interface with a built in audio/video viewer. The latest versions also support the BitTorrent protocol and Shoutcast radio stations. You can get more information in this link   http://twoplustwo.org/misc/tech.html.Ares development began in the middle of 2002 and was originally operating on the gnutella network. Six month later, it switched to its own network with a leaves-and-super nodes architecture. Its protocol is more difficult to identify than that or other popular P2P programs. As a result Ares is sometimes the only P2P client that works on restricted network such as some universities campuses. However it is possible block and many organizations are now doing so. From version 1.9.0, data sharing was enabled between two peers behind a firewall. This may be due to mediating peers. The Ares network was, at one time, largely free from fake and corrupt files, unlike others like fast track. However this has changed as its popularity as a file sharing network increased. Since late 2006 several anti-piracy groups, including Media Detender and BayTSP, working for the RIAA, have started hosting fakemp3 files on Ares that never start downloading