Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely
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Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely
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Re: Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely
#2It just works.
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#3And its lesser known component, the mailbox server used for signaling to connect the two computers. If you’ve ever installed and used magic wormhole, you’ve likely used the default public mailbox server unless you configured and set up your own.
https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole-mailbox-ser...
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#4A simple encrypted channel for file transfer. A great way to send a file to a stranger who is near you but shares nothing with you, e.g. at a conference.
/* A modern version should, of course, work in a browser, so that there'd be no Python packages to install. But the browser security model does not allow listening, so a signaling server would be needed to create a WebRTC connection. It could run on one of the devices involved, but still can't be a pure web app. */
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#6AFAIK, Web Wormhole is the only one of those tools that can be used both as a command-line tool and from a browser. It looks like the site is down at the moment though. https://github.com/saljam/webwormhole https://webwormhole.io/
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#7I’m glad to see that there are mobile apps and web applications that work on/use Magic Wormhole for peer to peer file transfers. The mobile app and web applications seem to be limited (number of files is one at a time, size of file allowed, etc.) due to limitations on mobile platforms and due to choices by the developer/server host.
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#8Another simple solution works on LAN https://pairdrop.net/
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#9https://gist.github.com/SMUsamaShah/fd6e275e44009b72f64d0570... List of p2p file sharing tools including this one. Most in the list are browser based.
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#10I use this all the time when trying to get files between devices that need multiple hops to get to. Way easier then remembering what scp or rsync combo I need to jump through a host