• StaticallyLazy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    I force all my homies to use magic-wormhole. It can transfer files and folders with no sign-up and (as far as I can tell) no limits.

    For all you command-line nerds, including on Windows, it works like this:

    > wormhole send <filename>

Sending 0 Bytes file named '<filename>'
Wormhole code is: 1-medusa-puppy
On the other computer, please run:

wormhole receive 1-medusa-puppy

    This will ping the relay server, which defaults to Canonical on my system, as I recall, to generate a code so the two computers can locate each other.

    Then on the other computer, (again including Windows,)

    > wormhole receive 1-medusa-puppy

Waiting for sender...
Receiving file (0 Bytes) into: '<filename>'
ok? (Y/n): y

Receiving (->tcp:192.168.1.1:36587)..
0.00B [00:00, 4B/s]
Received file written to <filename>

    Note that, as both computers were on the same LAN, it transferred locally because it’s awesome that way.

    Working as a TA in the computer science department, this is invaluable. Students from all skill levels can transfer stuff with no extra headache, and the generated codes can be spoken aloud for simplicity.

      • StaticallyLazy@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        2·
        4 days ago

        Yes! My mistake for that implication. Automatically using LAN is what impressed me the most, but it transfers over networks and, because it relies on outbound HTTP connections, bypasses many firewalls.

        I do not know if it uses NAT hole-punching, but it has always been relatively fast at transferring data considering that it’s a free service.

        • Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          4 days ago

          Ha, no you’re good you mentioned it i just dont know too much about the topic so i wanted to confirm i was reading it correctly, but thank you for the further details!

    • lauha@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      I sure hope they don’t store valuable data without redundant backups, regardless of the storage format