Direct Connect Protocol
This page provides information on the Direct Connect Protocol detected by the Netify DPI engine.
Protocol Description
DirectConnect is a defunct peer-to-peer protocol that was popular in the early Napster era - 2000 to 2005. This protocol is for the history books.
Please see the protocol catalog page for information on other protocols detected by Netify DPI.
Protocol Details
- ID
- 25
- Full Name
- DirectConnect
- Category Tag
- file-sharing
- Category
- File Sharing
- Home Page
- Direct Connect
- Introduced
- Version 2.88
- Retired
- Version 4.4.0
Related Protocols
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