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Magic Wormhole: get things from one computer to another, safely

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816 points tosh | 1 comments | 17 Aug 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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geerlingguy ◴[17 Aug 24 18:23 UTC] No.41276702[source]▶
I've used this for years when passing large files between systems in weird network environments, it's almost always flawless.

For some more exotic testing, I was able to run my own magic wormhole relay[1], which let me tweak some things for faster/more reliable huge file copies. I still hate how often Google Drive will fall over when you throw a 10s-of-GB file at it.

[1] https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/my-own-magic-wormhole...

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1. bsharper ◴[17 Aug 24 22:48 UTC] No.41278657[source]▶
I end up using a combination of scp, LocalSend, magic wormhole and sharedrop.io. Occasionally `python -m http.server` in a pinch for local downloads. It's unfortunate that this xkcd comic is still as relevant as it was in 2011: https://xkcd.com/949/