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CLI tool to easily securely transfer files between computers #19

Open andywer opened 6 years ago

andywer commented 6 years ago

Probably with a tiny service running on the internet to ease pairing of the machines.

Something like:

# Machine A:
$ npx share .env
Run on the other machine:
  $ npx share pull 1234ABC
Waiting for remote machine to join...

# Machine B:
$ npx share pull 1234ABC
Connected. Downloading file .env (350 B)...
<cli spinner>

Technical considerations

Need service to allow machines to find eath other by nothing more than a short temporary ID
Need UPNP or something similar to allow incoming connections on any device (-> main traffic is p2p)
- Might be able to use STUN for that (https://github.com/summerwind/node-stun)

Potential advanced features

Share / pull by contact name
- Create an identity file (key pair) on first run (or maybe just use SSH key pair)
- Allow importing public keys using a friendly name into a contact list
- Much securer, more convenient if you imported the other person's key already
Log into organization account to sync contacts

Prior art

https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole (Python tool)
https://transfer.sh (Need to encrypt yourself)