Brian Warner - Magic Wormhole- Simple Secure File Transfer - PyCon 2016.mp4
Why Hacker News recommends it
Recommended as the author's own explanation of the design and security of magic-wormhole.
What it is
Brian Warner, author of magic-wormhole, presents the tool at PyCon 2016. He explains how a few secret words let two computers securely transfer files, covering the cryptography (NaCl, SPAKE2) and library use.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 3 different months, 2018 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Recommends lixtra · 2019-02 · on “Modern Alternatives to PGP”
According to parents nice talk[1] you can add a verify switch that lets you compare the signature of the actual key. So a public authenticated channel is enough. [1] [this video]
Recommends alecst · 2021-05 · on “Magic Wormhole: Get things from one computer to another, safely”
Here's a link from Brain Warner (the author) talking about that: [this video] Hope it helps, it's a good question.
Recommends touseefliaqat · 2023-12 · on “Ask HN: What are some unpopular technologies you wish people knew more about?”
Magic Wormhole: [LINK] An easy and secure file transfer program. I use it almost everyday since I discovered it. Author has a very good video on it at pycon-2016: [this video]
Cites Mashimo · 2018-06 · on “Transfer.sh – File sharing from the command line”
I could not find an example on the gibhub page, but here is the timecode from a video that shows it in action: [this video] Also: [LINK] Looks neat.
Cites cyphar · 2019-08 · on “OpenDrop: An Open Source AirDrop Implementation”
Have you taken a look at magic-wormhole[1]? I've started using it recently and it's insanely easy to use. It does have a centralised signalling server for key exchange between peers, but it does attempt to do peer-to-peer data transfer (only falling back to a TURN-style relay if both clients are behind NATs and aren't on the same local network). An explanation of the cryptography and design was given at PyCon 2016[2]. It also has built-in optional Tor support (though I'm not sure if it attempts to use an onion service for data transfer). [1]: [LINK] [2]: [this video]