Xunlei

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Xunlei (meaning Thunderbolt)[1] is a popular download manager/P2P client in China. It provides a popular peer-to-peer file sharing service, which is mainly used in the Mainland China and is in the Chinese language. It is developed by Sandai Keji (三代科技, meaning "Third generation Technology") in Shenzhen, China.

They also offer download accelerating services which have been downloaded and installed by over 80 million users. Xunlei's websites attract over fifty million hits per day[2].

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[edit] Operation Mechanism

Xunlei accelerates downloads by accessing its proprietary P2P network in addition to the given HTTP download. By default it scans the user's computer and automatically share all files across the Xunlei network, often exhausts the user's upload bandwidth as it does not provide a real upload speed limiter. The user has no means of limiting what to be shared or not to be shared. Coupled with the lack of a hash algorithm, files are only matched by their names and private files can easily be obtained through the network. [3]

[edit] Google Investment

On January 5, 2007, Google acquired a 4% stake for a reported $5 million in Sandai Keji, the company that developed Xunlei, with hopes of expanding Google's market base in China. Contrary to rumors earlier in the year, Google did not purchase a majority stake in the Chinese company.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Katie Fehrenbacher (2006-12-7). Google to Invest in Chinese P2P Startup Xunlei?. GigaOM. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  2. ^ Wang Xu (2007-01-04). Google to buy stake in Xunlei. China Daily. Retrieved on 2007-05-31.
  3. ^ Beware! Your files are being stolen by Xunlei! (Chinese). Retrieved on 2008-04-27.

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