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Features
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| Search
TerraBytes of informations
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Today, the
independent DC++ networks
are huge. Thousands of
users are sharing files for
the benefit of other users.
The quantity of information
is enormous. Independent researchers discovered that more than 70% of total internet traffic is from peer to peer networks. And yes, only one tool
can find the informations
and files you need from
this vast ocean of data: DC Search,
but... don't
abuse this tool by using it
for every search! Normally, if
you stay connected to 3 -
4 important DC hubs (using
some DC client like DC++,
StrongDC, etc) you can find
almost everything you need,
like: programs, games,
books, mp3's, videos, linux
distros, etc. And for the rest... for the impossibile to find information... use DC Search!
The DCSearch
crawler shows its capabilities when
is necessary to find some
extremely rare file or you
want to find the hubs where
peoples have the same
interests like you do
(because most hubs have
some specific tematics).
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| Unlimited
number of DC++ Hubs
searched
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The DC
Search is searching thru
thousands of independent
DC++ networks. The hub list
file is the standard
"HubList.config", and can
be downloaded from many
places. The same file is
used by DC++ and other
Direct Connect clients. To
change the list of hubs
searched, simply replace
the HubList.config file
from the program directory
with another one from the
internet. If the hub list
file name ends in ".bz2",
to use it you must
decompress it using Winrar,
Winzip, etc.
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| Active /
Pasive modes
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The DCSearch
software can connect to the
DC++ hubs only using active
mode. It was done this
way because active users
get twice more search
results than passive users.
Also, the network load on
DC++ hub servers is much
lower because the server
does not need to forward
the search results to us
(as would be the case if we
were passive users);
instead, for active mode,
the remote users send the
searches results directly
to us. Additionaly, many
hubs do not allow searches
if the user is in passive
mode.
How to setup
firewalls for DCSearch to work in active mode if you are behind a firewall
(external links, more info
can be found by searching with
Google):
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| Lightweight
Search Engine
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Its small
filesize and tiny processor
usage are possibile only by
using the assembly language art of programming.
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| No adware /
no spyware / no viruses /
no malware / no junk
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The Author of
DC Search does not
approve the software with
adware / spyware / viruses
/ malware / junk and
therefore DC Search
will always be 100% clean
software.
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| Automatic
detection of Local IP
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In order to
receive the search results,
the DC Search does
need to know the correct IP
of the local machine as
seen from the internet side.
The user can enter it
manually or it can press
the "Get IP" button, and
the program will try to get
the IP by connecting to
some independent http
servers wich return the IP.
This step is required
everytime the local IP is
modified (by the internet
provider, by the network
administrator, etc.).
The http servers
used to get the WAN IP of
the computer are:
- http://minerva.dce.harvard.edu/
(Harvard University)
- http://www.nacs.uci.edu/
(Network and Academic
Computing Services)
- http://devel.squid-cache.org/
(The world famous proxy
server!)
- http://rikers.org/ (some
independent host)
- http://www.uib.no/ (Bergen
University)
- http://www.tietew.net/
(Tietew Windows Lab)
This feature is most
useful if the user connects
to the internet using
dynamic IP address
allocation (PPoE, DHCP,
etc) or is using dialup. It
elimnate the time consuming
operation of manually
finding and entering the IP
in the program.
If your IP is not entered correctly you will NOT receive search results!
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| Easy
integration with DC++ /
StrongDC / others DC
clients
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The DC
Search software can
interoperate with all
commonly used Direct
Connect clients. For
example if the user clicks
on some search result, DC++
client can start
automatically, connect to
the hub where it was found
the search result, and open
the selected user's
filelist.
To
achieve this, the user must
set in DC++ the following
option: File ->
Settings -> Advanced ->
Register with Windows to
handle dchub:// links.
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| Complete and
Powerful Set of Search
Rules
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The user can
search for all files that
contain the specified seach
term, or it can choose to
have only search results of
some types (only video
files, only directory, only
sound files, only archives,
etc) and/or search results
with filesizes higher than
the specified size or lower
than the specified size.
This comprehensive set of
rules that can be applied
to the search terms assure
the user that it will
receive only the desired
search results and filter
out the unwanted search
noise.
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