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I like to use it more. What is your use case for this?
BTW, I haven’t found a good iOS app.
AFAIK, 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/
A 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 devic…
This project made me learn about and attempt to implement the SPAKE2 protocol and HKDF as an exercise. It's quite fascinating. It lets you upgrade a short password to a long key, but requires trusting a server to rate limit attempts on brute-forcing that short password. It seems difficult to find a practical use case for it tho. Because it's only relevant when it is impractical to send a long key. But if you think fo…
A 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 devic…
They don't have to be near you, they can be over the internet. Relatedly, the Magic Wormhole CLI also depends on a signaling server (referred to in the documentation as the "mailbox"), so I don't think it's doing anything you couldn't do with WebRTC.
AFAIK, 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/
I use magic wormhole when I first install a computer to send an SSH key. At that point, I have ssh. Also if you use a mesh VPN, your devices are already connected and there are several ways to transfer files. I like to use it more. What is your use case for this? BTW, I haven’t found a good iOS app.