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[Sil Greene <Sil_greene AT unc.edu>]

Sounds like Haxial's KDX.  Nice, clean, well-written, akin to Winamp (in 
that it uses a custom GUI toolkit instead of bloated Win32 carp).  
Provides for encryption, instant messaging, newsgroup-or-bbs-style public 
forums.  See www.haxial.com for downloads and more info.  KDX has been 
around for ... oh, significantly more than a while.

--sil

Reported 03.11.16 12:58 from Alan MacHett:

.:from PopSci:
.:http://www.popsci.com/popsci/internet/article/0,12543,487363,00.html
.:
.:"An ingeniously simple tool, WASTE allows anyone with a computer and a Net
.:connection to set up private peer-to-peer networks over the Internet.
.:While not explicitly made for illicit file sharing, WASTE essentially
.:provides a protected space for up to 50 users, where instant messaging,
.:group chat and file sharing can all be accomplished anonymously under the
.:cover of weapons-grade encryption. Only your cohorts on the network know
.:it's there, and no one outside can tell exactly what's going on within its
.:virtual walls. New members need to be brought in by someone already on the
.:network and authenticated using an encryption key."
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