On Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:15:16 -0400, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kyle Markley <[email protected]> writes:
> 
>> I have also recently used the Tahoe-LAFS pubgrid to transfer (encrypted
>> .zip) files to a mortgage broker in preparation for buying a house. 
The
>> broker's e-mail system disallowed large incoming file attachments, but
I
>> needed to send him scanned documents.  I put the files on the pubgrid,
>> sent
>> him the read-only URL, and he had no problem getting the files.  (I
have
>> no
>> idea what his other clients do.)  Please don't remove the public web
>> gateway.  :)
> 
> I see your point, but isn't what you did there pretty much exactly like
> using a web server someplace?

Yes, it's very similar, but this was more convenient for me.  The only
other difference is that I don't have to remember to delete the files
later; they'll expire naturally.

-- 
Kyle Markley
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