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Does magic-wormhole have any advantages over croc?
by circularfoyers 5y ago
Does magic-wormhole have any advantages over croc?
- andytruett 5y agoPrevious discussion on differences: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24357852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24357852
- psanford 5y agoMagic Wormhole doesn't have a history of game over security vulnerabilities.
- throwaway2556 5y agocroc shouldn't be used if you want security: [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27054885 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27054885 [2] https://twitter.com/Sc00bzT/status/1396199915638992896 https://twitter.com/Sc00bzT/status/1396199915638992896 Magic Wormhole has a good implementation in Go, which is compatible with the original Python implementation (croc is not compatible with magic wormhole). It has windows binary and binaries for most of the popular OS. https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william Binaries: https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william/releases https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william/releases There's GUI: https://github.com/Jacalz/wormhole-gui https://github.com/Jacalz/wormhole-gui Android app too: https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william-mobile https://github.com/psanford/wormhole-william-mobile Support for resuming transfers is planned I think.