http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Has Anyone Ever Used PipeBytes To Do Direct Transfer of Files? en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:25:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13293 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:48:17 +0000 FreewareFan 13293@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>What's this Vladimir stuff? That's "Rooskie" to you, pal! Ahh, I mean Ruslan. :-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13290 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:00:45 +0000 RunesageMagik 13290@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I knew you had an ulterior motive, Vladimir.</p> <p>Wow, you can tell when I'm not using Dragon... deceiptful(sic) and naivite(sic) for deceitful and naïveté???? That is sooooo imbearassing(sic). </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13286 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:10:55 +0000 FreewareFan 13286@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Great, now you've gone and blown my cover, RM! hahaha </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13283 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:11:51 +0000 RunesageMagik 13283@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hiya FwF, </p> <p>It's possible Mario has a valid point about why someone would claim peer to peer doesn't go through a number of intermediate servers, any of which "could" siphon off a copy for amusement or deceiptful purposes. The comment about taking 3 to 4 days seemed as if it should have been an indictment of other forms of communication, and the suggestion to send "highly classified" info through the USMail suggests some naivite about how much mail fails to reach its target! Residents on my block are having an on-going dispute with temporary delivery carriers who are too lazy to match address labels to house addresses. </p> <p>Might I suggest a security step be added to the testing of pipebytes or other such services? Both ends should monitor the hops used, to see where the info goes as it travels from one PC to another. Anyone who isn't equipped with the ability to monitor the hops can't be sure it's going "directly" to the recipient. (and I use directly rather loosely, since everything passes through ISP servers, intermediate nodes and of course, the NSA's intrusive antiterrorist/antiporn/antiBush/morbid curiosity sniffer) </p> <p>FYI- While Pipebytes looks on the up and up (on the surface), their FAQ offers NOTHING save their word that they aren't peeking or sharing your material. The site seems to lack even the basic safety mechanisms such as a secure link, or accreditation by Verisign. </p> <p>WhoIs reports Pipebytes is operated by a company called Tristero Consulting, and offers as contact:<br /> Vadim Zaliva, email <a href="mailto:lord@crocodile.org">lord@crocodile.org</a> </p> <p>Yeah, like THAT's a confidence builder!</p> <p>More disturbing, if you follow the paper trail, you go from crocodile.org to KOLO.net with a contact (at the same address) of Igor Sviridov, email <a href="mailto:sia@NEST.ORG">sia@NEST.ORG</a></p> <p>NEST.org tracks back to Herndon VA and a private registration linked to one "Ruslan Belkin", perhaps the little-known half cousin of Tripplite surge suppressor fame? </p> <p>Man, the Mafia doesn't use this many shell companies! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13281 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:13:29 +0000 FreewareFan 13281@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@mariolw You said <em>"ok here's a penny for your thought if it takes 2 to 3 days for delivery and the document is highly classified then you should probably use the united states postal service.</em></p> <p>Where did you get the idea that PipeBytes takes 2 to 3 days? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13280 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:58:14 +0000 mariolw 13280@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>ok here's a penny for your thought if it takes 2 to 3 days for delivery and the document is highly classified then you should probably use the united states postal service. any electronic mail that takes that long is sitting somewhere. most hacker foundations offer programs like the one you're talking about just so you can send classified mail. here's my suggestion send very big files for free using a reputable company like <a href="http://www.yousendit.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.yousendit.com/</a> and <a href="http://www.transferbigfiles.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.transferbigfiles.com/</a><br /> i used this to send programs, large mp3 collections, and more...etc so it saved me time and money, not to mention they also claim to be secure, but as i stated and thats just my opinion i could be wrong. if a person know you want the mail sent very secure then that might give them the reason to decrypt it and check it out, but if it's sent with normal security the chances of it being hacked is less due to large volume of normal secure mail. give these a try they are pretty good. <a href="http://www.yousendit.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.yousendit.com/</a> and <a href="http://www.transferbigfiles.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.transferbigfiles.com/</a></p> <p>mario </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13226 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:54:38 +0000 Paali 13226@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Technicly it's not a porgram, it's a web service. There is no software you have to install to use it. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13209 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 15:37:02 +0000 AlexSJ 13209@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hello all<br /> nice link, program works beautifully and is incredible simple to use.<br /> I guess it's a fast way to exchange some files (though one by one), not that Messenger and Skype don't do same also.<br /> Also, FreewareFan, thanks for the extensive listing re Free Portable Apps and all the others. Great way to spend a few hours on a Sunday clicking through them.<br /> Uploaded a very promising looking calendar and note keeping tool called Exstora, the pro version might even make for a good offering here.<br /> Pura vida, AlexSJ </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13202 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:32:27 +0000 FreewareFan 13202@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey guy, how are ya? Glad to hear it worked for you, too! Excellent, it sounds like a reliable program to do direct file transfers with. Thanks for getting back to me! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13183 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:24:13 +0000 DaletonaDave 13183@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I tried it out. Works great. Sorry I took so long to get back with ya FF. :) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13144 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:38:28 +0000 FreewareFan 13144@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks for that update, Paali ! I've been waiting to hear if anyone used it successfully. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-13141 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 13:30:44 +0000 Paali 13141@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I have tried it out once, and seems to work great! Unlike other services you don't upload your files to a server so that others can download them, but you send them directly to the other person (P2P). It is fast and safe (as far as I can tell). But I would encrypt any sensitive files just in case.. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-12836 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:06:18 +0000 FreewareFan 12836@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Thanks, DaletonaDave! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-12835 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:22:18 +0000 DaletonaDave 12835@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Hey bud. I just saw this app over at <a href="http://www.freedownloadaday.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.freedownloadaday.com</a></p> <p>I'm gonna test it out with my dad who's across town. It sounds promising. Just have to make sure to encrypt files that you don't want others posssibly intercepting. It might take a day or two to actually try this out, but I'll let ya know when I do. ;) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2098#post-12833 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:22:36 +0000 FreewareFan 12833@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>If anyone has any experience with this service, would you mind telling me your thoughts on it? From what I can gather, the concept is this:</p> <p>"PipeBytes, a slick file-exchange service that only requires two users–the sender and the receiver–with a web browser each. Rather than sitting on somebody's server out there on the Internet, your file is actually copied directly from your machine to the target system.</p> <p>To use the service, the users at each end simply go to the PipeBytes website.<br /> The sender clicks on the Send File button, browses to and selects the file to be sent, optionally adds a text message, and clicks on the Start Upload button. The service returns a Pickup Code and a Pickup URL. The recipient then either clicks the Pickup File button on the PipeBytes website, or enters the Pickup URL into their browser, sees your message and a description of the file (filename, size, and MIME type), and clicks on the Start Download button.</p> <p>Only at this point is the file actually uploaded from the senders machine. It never sits on a server anywhere, since it's immediately transmitted from the source to the destination machine. That means it's more secure, because it never sits anywhere waiting to be broken into. Encrypt your file, and you're using what has to be one of the safer file transfer methods out there.</p> <p>PipeBytes is an online service, so it will work with just about any system out there that supports a web browser."<br /> <a href="http://www.pipebytes.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.pipebytes.com/index.php</a></p> <p>So, anyone have thoughts on this one??? </p>