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Old 01-06-2005
Grant Edwards
 
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Default Re: Simple question about data transfer

On 2005-01-06, Diego Andres Alvarez <diegoandresalvarez@lycos.co.uk> wrote:

> I want to send several files of 50 MB to a friend who lives in
> another city. Since the files are so big, I cannot send them
> by email.


Burn a CD and drop it in the post?

> My question is, which utility can I use to send those files
> given that I dont want my friend to use passwords (for example
> using ssh to access to my account).


You could set up a web server or an anonymouse ftp server.
There's a pretty good chance the CD/post method will get them
there sooner if you're starting from scratch (server-wise).

To paraphrase Tannenbaum:

"Never underestimate the bandwidth of a lorry full of CDs."

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