Posted 11 February 2025 - 08:42 PM
Hey,
I've implemented two measures to protect the config/data files in my eMule mod, which is currently under development:
1- Each config/data file is initially saved as a .bak file and then renamed to its final name only after it has been fully written to disk. (Currently only some of the files are saved in this way on official and community releases)
2- An automatic backup mechanism now creates user selected number of archive backups (default 15) of these config files, placing them in directories named with the current date and time.
I’m developing a new project based on the eMule v0.70b Community Release, targeting a launch by August 2025. <<< SCREENSHOTS >>>
List of completed features:
IPv6 Support & UTP NAT Traversal: Enables IPv6 and LowID to LowID transfers between mod users. (Improved version of David Xanatos’s reference implementation)
Client History: Stores and reloads all clients. Enables long-term banning/punishment intervals, tracking suspicious activities, editable client notes, shared files statistics.
Protection Panel: Detects 28 types of bad clients, bans/punishes with 12 levels. Uses customizable text-based definitions within Shield.conf instead of binary DLP.dll.
Blacklist Panel: Keyword & regex based file blacklisting for search results. Very fast (Processes 1000+ definitions on search results under 1 sec).
Download Checker: Skips known/downloaded/canceled downloads by checking file name similarities and file hashes.
Files List: Lists and categorizes all known files and duplicate files. Fast loading (Loads 200k items under 1 sec).
GeoLite2: Replaced legacy IP2Country, supports IPv6, lists both cities and countries.
Several Connection Tweaks: A fast and reliable connection checker; retry failed TCP connection attempts; reask sources & inform queued clients after IP change.
Empty Fake File & DRM Detection: Automatically removes trash files from the download list.
Fast Kad: Provides much faster KAD searches comparable to eServer search speed.
Auto Query Shared Files: A new way of finding files!
Highly Responsive GUI, Dark Mode, Automatic File Extension Correction, Auto\Manual Saving All App Data, Auto\Manual Backup, Added Column Filters To All Lists, Intelligent Chunk Selection, Client Emulation, Selectable Credit Systems, Save & Load File Sources, And many more additional features, bug fixes and optimizations…
To do: IPv6 support for KAD, NAT-T support for eServer, more...