On 9/13/2011 7:00 AM, Warp wrote:
> Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> On 13/09/2011 11:40 AM, Warp wrote:
>>> Invisible<voi### [at] devnull>   wrote:
>>>> I said that Windows allows it *by default*
>>>
>>>     So how exactly would I transfer a file to you from my Windows?
>
>> You can't. My PC is firewalled.
>
>> You also can't transfer a file using Unix, for the same reason.
>
>    Most firewalls have the ssh port open because it's considered safe.
> (And if it's not, it's easy to open in most distros).
>
>    Then you can use scp, rsync or any equivalent tool to transfer files.
> (There probably isn't any linux distro that doesn't come by default with
> scp and rsync.)
>
>    (Btw, the great thing about rsync is that it can resume interrupted file
> transfers, a rather important feature that, oddly, most file transfer tools
> completely lack.)
>
And even if you do have them.. Sometimes, at least in Windows, it 
doesn't work. Remember a few years back. Bad connection (disconnects 
after about 5-10 minutes), a tendency of files to almost complete, but 
then not, and a 1GB download, which Sony decided should be on a 
non-resumable server... WTF?

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