Re: Ideas on solving the file transfer problem

From	Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com>
Subject	Re: Ideas on solving the file transfer problem
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Date	2012-01-19 20:33 -0600

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Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 01/19/12 04:16 AM, Leif Roar Moldskred wrote:
>
>> Sure, but none that ticks all the boxes "easy", "convenient", "secure"
>> and "no third party involved".
> 
> scp?
> 

That's one of the better ways, but it's not something Joe Regular User
would be comfortable with.

And like many of the methods, scp is made to exchange files between
machines rather than between users. If Frank wants to send a file to
Bob, he not only have to figure out which machine Bob is on and
manually navigate NAT / firewalls to reach that machine, but Frank
needs to have credentials on Bob's machine to be allowed to write a
file to it.

Perhaps the best way to send files between people rather than machines
(if we ignore sending files through e-mail) is DCC file copy on IRC:
there's no need to register any accounts or log-in details with any
service providers, it's easy to agree on a meetup, the users doesn't
need to know any information about each other beyond the meetup
details (servername, channel and / or nick), the receiver doesn't need
to know anything about the sender's file system or vice versa and the
file is never available to any third party. Both users have to be
online at the same time, though, and DCC does not play very well with
NATs and firewalls.

These days, perhaps the most convenient solution for most people would
be some mechanism for sending files from one Facebook account to
another, but I'm not aware of any existing one.

-- 
Leif Roar Moldskred

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  Re: Ideas on solving the file transfer problem "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> - 2012-01-15 18:35 +0100
    Re: Ideas on solving the file transfer problem Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-01-15 18:07 +0000
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                Re: Ideas on solving the file transfer problem Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2012-01-20 15:41 -0800
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      Re: Ideas on solving the file transfer problem Leif Roar Moldskred <leifm@dimnakorr.com> - 2012-01-19 20:33 -0600
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