I use if for direct file transfers of big files too because the BitTorrent clients are able to continue abort transfers and validate the transferred data via hashs. As far as I know none of the protocols listed in the proposed XEP support continue abort/paused transfers but in SOCKS5 there is an option to pass a hash of the file to validate it.
Cheers, Tobias On 9/14/07, Matthew Wild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/13/07, Tobias Markmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > Exactly. You can't expect an IM client to handle transfers of CD or DVD > > image sized files. For these large files protocols like BitTorrent have been > > developed and work really nice on doing that. > > > > I found myself receiving a file over 200MB only yesterday, simply because > it was the easiest way to do it. Protocols like BitTorrent are more for > publishing files, than direct file transfer. > > I don't see why it is *necessary* for the protocol to place a limit on > file size at all, barring technical (implementation?) restrictions. > > Matthew. > > > >
