https servers would be a solution except that (in the
windows world) u have to set it up and that's not trivial.
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From: "Wayne Throop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: file xfer
> : David Rothman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> : 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.
>
> I'd still suggest an http-based (maybe with java)
solution,
> which would be easily runnable on a web server visible to
both
> ends of the file transfer. If it were made so that most
any
> web browser could be used as the download tool, that would
solve
> many problems, and use of http and https protocols would
resolve
> security and/or firewalling problems. And it'd be a
universal
> little utility that could be used from anywhere there's a
web
> browser.
>
> Most web browsers have a way to upload files by
point-and-click.
> Unpack-on-download is a bit less standard, but that could
be done
> several ways also (maybe with java; maybe something else).
>
> This seems like a slam-dunk little application.
> Indeed, I already do this, except that I tend to use
> tar as an intermediate format, which wouldn't do for
> windows users, and the ease-of-use could be improved.
> The downside is that there has to be some http/https
> server involved, set up ahead of time. But it seems
> a reasonably small drawback, given the universality of
> access that a web-browser-based approach gives.
>
> And... has anybody tried gnutella or some such?
> Probably overkill or firewall-limited; I haven't
> looked at the implementation of napster-alikes.
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