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

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816 points tosh | 3 comments | 17 Aug 24 16:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.623s | source
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yownie ◴[18 Aug 24 23:27 UTC] No.41286402[source]▶
Do I understand correctly from this thread that there's still no good one reliable way to send files across networks where both participants are NAT'd ?

What about using Onionshare to solve NAT'ing or at least Topr for handshaking?

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1. fragmede ◴[19 Aug 24 02:30 UTC] No.41287283[source]▶
Reliability is fine, performance is, depending on your demands, not. F the coordination server is not up to task of matching throughput of the two servers, and a lot of bytes need to be transferred, then it's noticable. But the tech at large works, depending on the implementation you choose to use. (I'm partial to Tailscale, although that's a different service, it lets me transfer files between computers (with additional SW) without manually mapping a port. They are using DERP for the coordination server.
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2. yownie ◴[19 Aug 24 03:30 UTC] No.41287565[source]▶
I'm sorry but was your reply meant for me?

and if so was the reliable way DERP as you mentioned?

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3. fragmede ◴[22 Aug 24 05:48 UTC] No.41317205[source]▶
Yes, DERP is the protocol that Tailscale uses to pouch through NAT reliably by using a coodination server.