On 24 Oct 2007, at 10:33, Shane Hathaway wrote:
Jonathan Duncan wrote:
Ok, you and Joshua caught me. This is all theoretical for me
anyway. I am trying to find a way to share large files with family
members and friends without taking up room on my web servers. I was
thinking that if I setup my own torrent tracker and index I could
share those large files without needing to worry about a third party
tracking site that I might not trust or have control of.
Have you considered OpenVPN? You could set up a private family
network.
Each computer on the network would be able to see the others as if
they
were on the same LAN. People could share files with mere dragging and
dropping. I've created an OpenVPN network for my family just so we
can
do free conference calls using VoIP, but once I created the VPN I
realized we could use it for a lot more.
That is a good idea, and one I might consider. This project of mine
has morphed and split into multiple projects. I may have to sit down
and actually write out some solid objectives for each. Thanks for
the ideas.
Is that the sign of a Linux user? Having an innate desire to have
complete control of all computers on his network, and then some?
IMHO Linux users often have a desire to connect people, and that is a
worthy goal.
I agree with that.
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