[ILUG] shfs vs. nfs

[Paul Biggar]

> Seriously though, SMTP for transferring files is seriously dumb. Most
> MUAs will use base64 (since smtp doesn't like binary data, since you
> guessed it, it wasn't designed for file transfer) which baloons the
> filesize up to about 150% of original. It's inefficient, 

True, but nobody cares about transfer size. People care about it being
easy to do. I can't think of an easier way of sending a file to
somebody far away, who's a non-techy.

http - I need a web server for this. Or do you expect them to have a
web server with http uploads set up so that I can send them my cute
pictures of babies?

ftp - I need to have an ftp server? Or they do? Both poor solutions.

scp - I should give them an account, specially tailored to limit
access to scp (very hard) on my box? Or should I expect them to give
me an account on their box?

I've gotten my mother to use email. I don't think she's gonna like
being taught how to scp.


Paul