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I needed to get a 100+ gb image to a coworker remote once and after fighting with it for a while we just said screw it and created a torrent. No third parties.
by sixothree 2y ago
I needed to get a 100+ gb image to a coworker remote once and after fighting with it for a while we just said screw it and created a torrent. No third parties. No relays. Just us.
Worked well enough then we promptly forgot how to do it again when we needed it.
- Aerroon 2y agoI've run into the same problem: if you want to share large files to a friend you need to either find a filehost that accepts very large files or use torrents (maybe something like irc transfer works too).
- johnisgood 2y agoIRC transfer? I hope you are not referring to DCC. :P
- Aerroon 2y agoI am
- pbhjpbhj 2y agoIRC transfer being some form of InfraRed Communication. And DCC being Direct Cable Connection. ??
- johnisgood 2y agoFile transfers on IRC are via DCC[1] (Direct Client-to-Client Protocol) S/He did reply "I am" though. That said, I think torrents are still a great way to share files, perhaps IPFS[2]. I use LocalSend[3], too, at times, although not for large files. [1] https://modern.ircdocs.horse/dcc.html https://modern.ircdocs.horse/dcc.html [2] https://ipfs.tech/ https://ipfs.tech/ [3] https://localsend.org https://localsend.org
- loganhood 2y agoI've done this with friends/family a couple times and wrote up a tutorial that I use as reference every couple months. Has an optional step to password-protect the contents if you have any qualms with security-by-obscurity of using an unlisted torrent on a public tracker. https://loganhood.com/2023/12/14/everyday-7zip-bittorrent https://loganhood.com/2023/12/14/everyday-7zip-bittorrent