Re: What DO you lose with Linux ???
--- George Bonser <grep@shorelink.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 4 Apr 1999, Gary Singleton wrote:
>
> > --- John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > What's the accepted method of sending a file to
> a
> > > person that MUST not
> > > get into unfriendly hands, but needs to get
> between
> > > users that have no
> > > access to the other's machine, due to dynamic
> PPP
> > > and hostile ISPs, then?
> >
>
> Look at the Linux package sendfile and the
> preliminary draft of the RFC
> for the saft profocol.
>
> The way it works is this:
>
> I send a file to username@somewhere.dom
>
> That machine collects the file and puts it in a
> configurable "holding
> area". Then the recipient is notified that a file is
> waiting for them and
> they can choose to accept or reject the file. If it
> is rejected, it is
> deleted. If accepted, it is placed in the user's
> directory.
Well, it certainly _seems_ to fit all of the stated
requirements. I found
http://www.belwue.de/aktivitaeten/projekte/saft/index-us.html
doing a quick search for it. Good stuff, and it's
being done the right way; an RFC in place of a
megapowerful software house just forcing features as
new standards. I like it. Thanks George.
G.S.
>
> George Bonser
>
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