Suggestions anyone! Transfering Large Files to China

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:49 am

..with the untimely death of Drop.io, ,bought out by Facebook then killed - anyone got any idea how to transfer large files between Finland and China? (tried and tested eg's are best!)

Many thanks in advance.

**Sponsor:**

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:31 am

wikileaks?

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 12:41 pm

..heh heh..that's a good one.

Used Yahoo Messenger for now..it shifts up to 2GB using the downloaded application version (ie not the web browser version).

Using U-Send-It etc, etc - is alot more cumbersome..but may be safer in terms of having your data intercepted...and FTP is too complex when there are many different random players.

Drop.io was great...RIP.

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:10 pm

Encrypt it (don't use zip encyrption) and stick it on a web site (your own?) Send the password over a different channel (encrypted messenger, SMS)

I could even rent you some web space for a small consideration...

mrjimsfc · Post by **mrjimsfc** » Tue Dec 07, 2010 5:35 pm

Mook wrote:Encrypt it (don't use zip encyrption) and stick it on a web site (your own?) Send the password over a different channel (encrypted messenger, SMS)

I could even rent you some web space for a small consideration...

Oooh, excellent suggestion! A bit cumbersome to get started but very secure.

Cod · Post by **Cod** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 2:45 pm

..does seem like a good idea Mook - since clearly, with the demise of Drop.io (and all of our 10GB of company files stored on there which vanished on D-day) - it demonstrates what we all know anyway, if you leave your data in the hands of somebody else, no matter how much they promise that they'll protect it - when push comes to shove - they probably wont.

Also, I imagine random downloads from sporadic websites are perhaps less likely to fall prey to snooping by PRC - whereas maybe it's easier for them to keep an idea of traffic originating from a dedicated transfer site.

I'll keep you offer in mind Mook - when we want to move full length animations (4GB), Messenger won't be enough.

Rick1 · Post by **Rick1** » Fri Dec 10, 2010 1:33 pm

Fortunately the chinese are totally reliable and not known for copying anything

Mook · Post by **Mook** » Sat Dec 11, 2010 12:07 pm

cow-heada wrote: I'll keep you offer in mind Mook - when we want to move full length animations (4GB), Messenger won't be enough.

You can get sensible-sized web hosting packages for less than 10 Euros/month including a domain...

http://whois.domaintools.com/cow-heada.com

I use oxter.net, which is run by some of the guys that hang-out here.

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