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From: "Jonathan Morton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: file xfer
> >there so many posts on this subject yesterday, this one
was
> >either lost in the shuffle or most likely ignored. i
still
> >think it has merit, so please pardon the reposting. i've
> >edited out most of the verbiage and just left the
question.
> >
> ><snip>
> >
> >but what about on the fly file xfers?
> >
> >1. i sometimes have the need to quickly xfer a set of
files
> >(which r too big to move w/email). is there an easy/safe
> >way to do an on the fly xfer? running an ftp client is
no
> >big deal, but to setup a server for this occasional
> >situation can be a pain (or it may be the case that you
are
> >not on your own machine). for one file, one can resort
to
> >(hold your breath) one of the IRC clients, but for a
larger
> >set, that's not practical.. it would be nice to have
some
> >simple program that each side can run to effectuate the
> >xfer.
> >
> >that type of program doesn't need to be inside of VNC,
but
> >one
> >could use VNC to run it remotely from the client and when
> >done the connection would close.
>
> Your question wasn't ignored, at least not by one side of
the argument.
> The argument seems to be over whether VNC should cater at
all for your
> needs.
well...
my thinking is that since there isn't (at least no one in
multiple forums or newsgroups has truly answered the
question) a simple standalone utility to effectuate simple,
secure 2 way file transmission in windows (IRC,FTP - not
safe. SSH,FTP - need to setup a server, so immediate file
xfer may not be available (especially when you are on a
foreign machine)), that that problem should be addressed
first. if that utility existed, then running it on both
ends of a VNC connection would solve the immediate VNC file
xfer problem as well as the generic file xfer problem.
>
> If you have a large set of files and you are happy with
using IRC (or
> rather, DCC) for small numbers of files, you might want to
archive the
> large set of files, using eg. ZIP tools. This will create
a single large
> file, which should be practical to transfer via DCC.
sure...but the IRC (DCC) solution requires one to have a
configured client installed as opposed to just running a
simple executable. and from what i understand irc is
notoriously non secure...
>
> HTH,
>
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