On Thu, 4 Mar 2004, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote: > > Jeff Shultz wrote: > > > ** Reply to message from "Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr." > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 03 Mar 2004 22:04:44 -0600 > > > > > > Okay, so what are several ways to share files with a friend, where you > > don't share any accounts or passwords, and where only your friend will > > be able to access them?
[snip] > > Actually FTP can be made secure. > > That and all of the other ideas I might propose require some development > work and some change of attitudes. > > Here is the answer igave in private email to fundentally the same > question: > > quote [snip] > E realizes that persons G and H need to be at that meeting and > "forwards" the message _and_the_document_ to them. (In one case in my > past, "G" was the last person in Creation that should have gotten the > document early.) > > If the message is stored under PKI with A's key all of that and the > system overhead goes away. > > There are others. > unquote > But nothing that's been developed. Joe user's ip address changes on a regular basis. One would still need to find that machine. DNS gets cached (some go past TTL's I've set.) and is too static to be an effective means to get a file. Most instant messengers have facilities for exchanging files, but both sides need to be connected at the same time. Having that file in an email is better. I like SCP, too. It works well, so well that I use that, instead of ftp. You still have to find the other end that has its address changed every day or two. With email, only one end needs to be connected at any one time. email is about the most convenient and easiest way that I know of to get pictures of little Johnnie to Grandmother in a way that is easy for her to understand. Whatever anyone proposes needs to be that easy. Chances are that Grandma's not a geek like most of us. Curtis -- Curtis Maurand mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.maurand.com
