Re: A minimalist network
On Wed 17 Aug 2016 at 17:42:31 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> On 8/17/16 5:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>
> >Do I really want an "ftp server"? I can see the WinXP machine as a
> >"server". Do I have problems with definitions?
>
> Something has to talk, something has to listen and respond. Even in a
> peer-to-peer setup, there has to be a process listening and responding to
> incoming packets. Whether you call it a process or a server - something has
> to be running.
Very well put. I know nothing about Windows but the principle you outline
is fundamental to networking. Nothing listening on one machine, therefore
nothing transferred.
As an alternative to an ftp server there is netcat and Ncat. Both run on
Debian and both have Windows versions.
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