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TLDR: >BitTorrent Sync’s functionality is comparable to services such as Dropbox and Skydrive, except for the fact that there’s no cloud involved. Users sync t
by SkyMarshal 14y ago
TLDR:
>BitTorrent Sync’s functionality is comparable to services such as Dropbox and Skydrive, except for the fact that there’s no cloud involved. Users sync the files between their own computers and no third-party has access to it.
> It is an ideal tool for people who want to share large amounts of data between computers without going through third-party services.
>The Sync application is available for Windows, OSX, Linux and has the ability run on NAS devices through a web-interface. Readers who are interested in giving it a spin can head over to BitTorrent labs [1], where the Sync app can be downloaded.
[1]: http://labs.bittorrent.com/ http://labs.bittorrent.com/
- lucb1e 14y agoI'm more interested in the TLDR of how this works. Due to firewalls and such, it's technically impossible to have a peer to peer network without requiring port forwarding on at least one side. I wonder if they're really requiring that from users that want to use this. Another way would be to do TCP or UDP hole punching, but that involves a third party for initial setup. Probably possible and probably safe, but I'd like to see a security review of that.