This is new territory for me. I've been looking into Apache and WebDav[1] for setting up a site that users can log into for cross-platform file sharing. Is it best to use a hosting service such as Anhosting[2], or are there some obvious caveats that I'm missing so far? I could use a computer in my home, but my connection isn't very fast and must support a half dozen people at all times.<br>
<br>1 - <a href="http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2007/03/file-sharing-with-apache-and-webdav.html">http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2007/03/file-sharing-with-apache-and-webdav.html</a><br>2 - <a href="http://www.anhosting.com/web-hosting-package/">http://www.anhosting.com/web-hosting-package/</a><br>
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1. Receiving larger files from non-linux users? (Rick Moen)<br>
2. Re: Receiving larger files from non-linux users? (Ruben Safir)<br>
3. Re: Receiving larger files from non-linux users? (Rick Moen)<br>
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:52:41 -0700<br>
From: Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br>
Subject: [conspire] Receiving larger files from non-linux users?<br>
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I was reminded of James Sundquist's query from Sept. 24<br>
(<a href="http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-September/007256.html" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-September/007256.html</a>)<br>
when I got this 'want to share' Dropbox thing.<br>
<br>
Such invitations, albeit always very generously and benevolently<br>
intended, are one of the current plagues on the Internet. Where once<br>
someone like Josh would just put files somewhere in webspace and send<br>
you the URL, _or_ do the other usual thing and file-attach them to an<br>
e-mail, now such people blithely expect you to:<br>
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1. Install with root authority a bunch of proprietary software from<br>
nobody-in-particular that (at minimum) hooks into your Web browser and<br>
file-handling software, and<br>
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2. Agree to a business contract with nobody-in-particular (Dropbox, Inc.)<br>
whose terms of service specifically say that they'll be spamming you and<br>
sending information about you to their business partners<br>
(<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/privacy" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/privacy</a>).<br>
<br>
And if you point these things out to the generous soul who's just trying<br>
to help you get files, you seem paranoid and ungrateful -- because<br>
_they_ don't mind signing up for a commercial-albeit-zero-cash service<br>
with some Web 2.0 business and installing opaque software they have no<br>
reason to trust, so why would you?<br>
<br>
(Fortunately, I already have those files via file-attachments to<br>
Josh's e-mails.)<br>
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----- Forwarded message from Dropbox <<a href="mailto:no-reply@dropbox.com">no-reply@dropbox.com</a>> -----<br>
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Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:27:53 +0000<br>
From: Dropbox <<a href="mailto:no-reply@dropbox.com">no-reply@dropbox.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a><br>
Subject: Josh [surname elided] wants to share "Princeton in the Sierra 2012" with you<br>
Reply-To: [address elided]<br>
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Josh [address elided] wants to share some files with you using Dropbox.<br>
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View the "Princeton in the Sierra 2012" folder here: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/el/?r=/link/17.YqVEXxT4Na%3Fk%3D12B2qas0Mfq92gaJxBz5DhnDlVo-UXVz%26eh%3DAABGfFCHjf9B5mj3LNO4NVEhcQB92bVpM6FLgJEqI9gHVQ&b=clk:None:11179105893479034303:740:416&z=AABmQkT_aUITThDma1Ki-kUoetJDLvlTqmLzMQPDNRrWLg" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/el/?r=/link/17.YqVEXxT4Na%3Fk%3D12B2qas0Mfq92gaJxBz5DhnDlVo-UXVz%26eh%3DAABGfFCHjf9B5mj3LNO4NVEhcQB92bVpM6FLgJEqI9gHVQ&b=clk:None:11179105893479034303:740:416&z=AABmQkT_aUITThDma1Ki-kUoetJDLvlTqmLzMQPDNRrWLg</a><br>
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Enjoy!<br>
- The Dropbox Team<br>
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Message: 2<br>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:56:05 -0400<br>
From: Ruben Safir <<a href="mailto:ruben@mrbrklyn.com">ruben@mrbrklyn.com</a>><br>
To: Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br>
Subject: Re: [conspire] Receiving larger files from non-linux users?<br>
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On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:52:41PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:<br>
> I was reminded of James Sundquist's query from Sept. 24<br>
> (<a href="http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-September/007256.html" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-September/007256.html</a>)<br>
> when I got this 'want to share' Dropbox thing.<br>
<br>
<br>
In truth, there has been nothing new since slashdot but more<br>
obsfucaiton.<br>
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Message: 3<br>
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2012 13:40:05 -0700<br>
From: Rick Moen <<a href="mailto:rick@linuxmafia.com">rick@linuxmafia.com</a>><br>
To: <a href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br>
Subject: Re: [conspire] Receiving larger files from non-linux users?<br>
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Quoting Ruben Safir (<a href="mailto:ruben@mrbrklyn.com">ruben@mrbrklyn.com</a>):<br>
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> On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:52:41PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote:<br>
> > I was reminded of James Sundquist's query from Sept. 24<br>
> > (<a href="http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-September/007256.html" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-September/007256.html</a>)<br>
> > when I got this 'want to share' Dropbox thing.<br>
><br>
><br>
> In truth, there has been nothing new since Slashdot but more<br>
> obsfucation.<br>
<br>
See, there I was, about to send a note to Josh saying 'Josh, thanks<br>
again. Deirdre and I look forward to seeing you at Fallen Leaf Lake...'<br>
and go on to tactfully point out the Dropbox approach's baggage (w/link to<br>
<a href="http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-October/007290.html" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/conspire/2012-October/007290.html</a>) --<br>
and I realised there's just _no way_ to write that mail without, from<br>
Josh's perspective (he being a fellow alumnus I haven't yet met),<br>
seeming like a crank raising problems nobody else sees.<br>
<br>
So, I'm going to just not say anything.<br>
<br>
It's the same sort of problem as when outfits I know and care about<br>
(Kepler's bookstore, Recreational Equipment Inc., Princeton Club of<br>
Northern California, Menlo School, Norwegian Cruise Lines, Common Ground<br>
Palo Alto) outsource their public communication to one of those firms<br>
like Constant Contact that 'bug' all URLs in their e-mailed newsletters<br>
to customers / supporters / alumni (make them uniquely specified with an<br>
embedded hash that is sent only to you).<br>
<br>
You _can_ write to them and say you don't like being spied on, and don't<br>
appreciate them hiring some bunch of strangers to do so and forge their<br>
sending domain -- but then you get the either stated or unstated 'Nobody<br>
else sees a problem with this' treatment, and dismissed.<br>
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