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• Properties:

• System Process: No
• Background Process: Yes
• Application Process:Yes
• Common Path:
  C:\ Program Files\ Kontiki\ khost.exe
• Uses Network:Yes
• Uses Internet:Yes

Description:

The file khost.exe is known as the Secure Delivery Plug-in, which is a component of the Kontiki DMS or Delivery Management System. The Kontiki DMS is a very secure network delivery software, utilized in distributing software, audio, video, documents and other digital media; this also permits businesses to securely publish, deliver and track digital media to customers, partners and employees. The system is utilized to track and share files on the Internet or over a network.

The process khost.exe is an application created by Kontiki Inc., which is used primarily for the delivery of secure data. It acts as a Peer to Peer (P2P) service, which delivers data to a secure server for sharing. The peer to peer technology used by the khost.exe process, does not allow users to download digital data from the central server; instead, the users download data from each other. Protected videos can be downloaded using this application. This application also uploads protected data that are previously downloaded to a users computer and used for distribution to other users of this service. Using the application khost.exe would decongest the network traffic, thus, reducing IT and network costs since the Kontiki client is continually active, and will continually share the downloaded content to other users in the network.

The process khost.exe is related to the file kontiki.exe. Its delivery client is Verisign. Currently, this application is popular for its full-screen video delivery service provided in a very secure manner over the Internet and more than any other digital media; it offers to deliver electronic manuals or software. This application is mainly used in the UK by broadcasters like Channel 4 On-Demand, Sky Anytime, Sky Broadband Movies, and BBC Digital. Of late, however, this application is slowly starting to appear in the US and Canada with some broadcasters like AOL Hi-Q Video already using this application.

Additional khost.exe Info:

Part of: Kontiki Delivery Management System, Author URL: http://www.kontiki.com, File Created by: Kontiki Inc.

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