From 5c1967f4a5040f217eeb189bfe22e1ae1eb0dbb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anarcat Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 01:33:15 +0000 Subject: magic wormhole seems like a nice alternative for arbitrary data sharing here --- doc/design/assistant/telehash.mdwn | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/design/assistant') diff --git a/doc/design/assistant/telehash.mdwn b/doc/design/assistant/telehash.mdwn index e69f09f98..4e6ec6722 100644 --- a/doc/design/assistant/telehash.mdwn +++ b/doc/design/assistant/telehash.mdwn @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ git-annex (assistant) repositories. Or something similar like [Snow](http://www.trustiosity.com/snow/) -or [cjdns](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns) or tor or i2p. +or [cjdns](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns) or tor or i2p or [magic wormhole](http://magic-wormhole.io/). ## telehash implementation status @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ or [cjdns](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns) or tor or i2p. and the reliabilty of that network is not known. I notice it has only 1 pre-seeded peer in the source tree for the DHT, and that peer was not up when I tried it. +* Only provides network-layer transport, still need to implement some + file transfer protocol on top. ## cjdns status @@ -50,6 +52,14 @@ or [cjdns](https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns) or tor or i2p. ## i2p status +## magic wormhole + +* simple file transfer protocol with out of band shared secret +* handles NAT transversal +* easy to use +* doesn't require a running daemon +* can transfer arbitrary blobs (strings, directories, files) + ## implementation basics * Add a telehash.log that maps between uuid and telehash address. -- cgit v1.2.3