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Comparison of File Transfer Application Speed

12 points| pwperl | 12 years ago |blog.infinit.io

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mycure|12 years ago

The files are encrypted with RSA using the recipient's public key. In other words, Infinit never has access to the transferred data.

We compare the file transfer feature (not synchronization) which is, with Dropbox, the right click -> get a link. The LAN sync only applies to the synchronized folders which is another use case.

nodata|12 years ago

What are the files encrypted with? How does the recipient get the key to decrypt them?

2 gigs over a local network: your Dropbox stats show it slower than Drive. Why isn't Dropbox's lan sync working here?

mycure|12 years ago

Sorry, I replied above. Here is my response:

"The files are encrypted with RSA using the recipient's public key. In other words, Infinit never has access to the transferred data.

We compare the file transfer feature (not synchronization) which is, with Dropbox, the right click -> get a link. The LAN sync only applies to the synchronized folders which is another use case."

emerix|12 years ago

Quite impressive, but I guess I will have to test it to make sure it's not just marketing ;)

pwperl|12 years ago

I'd be happy to test with you. If you write to contact at infinit dot io with an email address or username you would like to use, we can give it a go :)

pwperl|12 years ago

Full disclosure... I work for Infinit, but I'd be happy to answer any of your questions.

pstatho|12 years ago

How do you plan on supporting businesses, if that is possible at this point?

pwperl|12 years ago

It's still early, but one of the ideas we're toying with is linking the search mechanism to a company's employee directory so that file transfers are limited to a corporate context on company devices. We're also looking into an admin console for users to be able to explore their file transfer history and pull out statistical data from these exchanges amongst other things.

de_dave|12 years ago

A comparison against BTSync would be nice.

pwperl|12 years ago

I think it would be interesting to compare BitTorrent Sync. They're performance must be quite impressive as well. The processes we've compared across all of these services is only for sending. With Dropbox, you send a link, WeTransfer an automated email, etc. Nevertheless the comparison with BitTorrent Sync would be interesting.

cyrillevincey|12 years ago

Awesome file transfer performance, guys.