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diff --git a/content/entry/how-to-transfer-large-files-from-one-computer-to-another.md b/content/entry/how-to-transfer-large-files-from-one-computer-to-another.md index 9b009cb..2ac8f66 100644 --- a/content/entry/how-to-transfer-large-files-from-one-computer-to-another.md +++ b/content/entry/how-to-transfer-large-files-from-one-computer-to-another.md @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ draft: false The average netizen has no idea how to transfer large files to others securely. And I can't really blame them for their ignorance because most websites instructing how to do it have really bad advice. ## The Corporate Cloud -For example, there is a [WikiHow article](https://web.archive.org/web/20220223081322id_/https://www.wikihow.com/Send-Large-Files-to-Another-Computer-Using-the-Internet) that has a few suggestions on how to send large files. The first is uploading your large files to Google Drive and sharing the link. What could possible be wrong with uploading your personal files to a service run by a known surveillance monster which requires you to sign up and give lots of personal information as well as running tracking scripts in your browser? +For example, there is a [WikiHow article](https://web.archive.org/web/20220223081322if_/https://www.wikihow.com/Send-Large-Files-to-Another-Computer-Using-the-Internet) that has a few suggestions on how to send large files. The first is uploading your large files to Google Drive and sharing the link. What could possible be wrong with uploading your personal files to a service run by a known surveillance monster which requires you to sign up and give lots of personal information as well as running tracking scripts in your browser? It also suggests Microsoft Onedrive, which of course is also a service run by a known surveillance monster which requires signing up and giving lots of personal information. @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ If the recipient is in close physical proximity to you and you trust them, you c FAT32 only supports a 4 GB max file size. If a file is too large for the encrypted volume, Linux offers the split command to split it into smaller, more manageable chunks and the receiving machine only needs the cat command to piece the file back together. ## Magic Wormhole -If you're far from the recipient, [Magic Wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole) is a good option to transfer arbitrarily large files peer to peer. It's also cross-platform and uses [PAKE](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password-authenticated_key_agreement), which makes it both secure and easy to use. +If you're far from the recipient, [Magic Wormhole](https://github.com/magic-wormhole/magic-wormhole) is a good option to transfer arbitrarily large files peer to peer. It's also cross-platform and uses [PAKE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password-authenticated_key_agreement), which makes it both secure and easy to use. ## OnionShare If you need to transfer large files to multiple remote recipients without revealing your IP address, there's [OnionShare](https://onionshare.org/). Like Magic Wormhole, it's also secure and cross-platform. Unlike with Magic Wormhole though, only one party (sender or receiver) needs OnionShare installed. The other just needs Tor Browser. @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ If you have large files you want to share with multiple people efficiently and y Unlike the client-server architecture used by Magic Wormhole and OnionShare where you act as a server sending the files to the client, peers in a torrent help upload chunks of your file to others who want a copy. Peers can continue to share the file even after you go offline. ## LAN File Sharing -For computers on the same LAN, there's plenty of software for managing a shared directory of large files. There's [Rsync](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync), [NFS](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System), [SSHFS](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS), [Samba](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29), and [SFTP](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFTP). +For computers on the same LAN, there's plenty of software for managing a shared directory of large files. There's [Rsync](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync), [NFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_File_System), [SSHFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSHFS), [Samba](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samba_%28software%29), and [SFTP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SFTP). These programs can also share files to the public internet, but most of you reading this won't have a static public IP address or domain name, so it's irrelevant. I often use Rsync for its versatility, security, and efficient delta-transfer algorithm. |