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From: The Older Gentleman on 23 Jun 2010 17:14 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > > The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > Is there any way to tell if a site like that is safe, at all? > > > > > > > Use it until it's proved otherwise. > > > > > > > Simples. > > > > > > For those who like gambling with that kind of thing. > > > > > > For those who do not? > > > > > Whinging about it on Usenet. > > Thank you for your helpful contribution. > <Shrug> I'm not the one who's having stuff nicked in the mail. And I'm the one who knows more about internet fraud than you, as I've intimated before. Treat everything as hostile until proven otherwise. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: James Jolley on 23 Jun 2010 17:53 On 2010-06-23 22:14:22 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) said: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > >> TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: >>>> The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Is there any way to tell if a site like that is safe, at all? >>>> >>>>> Use it until it's proved otherwise. >>>> >>>>> Simples. >>>> >>>> For those who like gambling with that kind of thing. >>>> >>>> For those who do not? >>>> >>> Whinging about it on Usenet. >> >> Thank you for your helpful contribution. >> > <Shrug> > > I'm not the one who's having stuff nicked in the mail. > > And I'm the one who knows more about internet fraud than you, as I've > intimated before. > > Treat everything as hostile until proven otherwise. Trust me, he does know a lot.
From: Woody on 23 Jun 2010 18:22 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > >> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > wrote: >>> The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Is there any way to tell if a site like that is safe, at all? >>>> >>>> Use it until it's proved otherwise. >>>> >>>> Simples. >>> >>> For those who like gambling with that kind of thing. >>> >>> For those who do not? >> >> USB key and delivering by hand. > > I was wondering if there was a generally-available method of shifting > big-ish files around the 'net that's not something you need to gamble > on > and doesn't cost a significant sum to set up/use. I guess it depends on your view of gamble. I use drop box and it works for me and my security needs (and on the devices I need to use it on). however I don't need a service to carry any files that need to be kept secure, other than at work, where we have other means to transfer them. -- Woody
From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 Jun 2010 19:33 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > TOG(a)Toil <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > > > > The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-...(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Is there any way to tell if a site like that is safe, at all? > > > > > > > > > Use it until it's proved otherwise. > > > > > > > > > Simples. > > > > > > > > For those who like gambling with that kind of thing. > > > > > > > > For those who do not? > > > > > > > Whinging about it on Usenet. > > > > Thank you for your helpful contribution. > > > <Shrug> > > I'm not the one who's having stuff nicked in the mail. <shrug> I'm not the one whinging about it on Usenet. > And I'm the one who knows more about internet fraud than you, as I've > intimated before. It seems that everyone here knows more than me, doesn't it? Whoever I talk to, they make the point that they know more than me. Interesting behaviour. > Treat everything as hostile until proven otherwise. Umm - yes, that is what I do, as I've explained before. I get abused for being paranoid, or called a whinger for doing so, mind you. What I was asking about, you see, was about a way of doing this which had been demonstrated safe-enough. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 Jun 2010 20:08
Justin C <justin.0911(a)purestblue.com> wrote: > Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > > I have to send somebody 300MB worth of slides. They have a pissy > > Blueyonder account so the largest attachment they can receive is about > > 25MB. Yousendit want to charge nine bucks a month for the ability to > > send a message that size. So I bought a cheap Peckham Council 2GB thumb > > drive, wrapped it in a letter and sent it. And it arrived slit open and > > empty. Bastards. > > > > As she lives in London, cheapest and safest is to use my bus pass and > > deliver it by sneakernet. Anybody got a better idea? > > Open a port on your router and enable FTP until the file has been DL'd, > and the close it and disable FTP. sftp would be better, surely? > Or host a web-server, have the home-page say noting and use security > through obscurity and put the file in a location from which it can be > DL'd, but is unlikely to be guessed. The pwgen program is good for > coming up with unlikely directory names in which to put stuff for > people - except it's not installed under OS X, but I'm sure that it can > be (Fink, etc). MacOS X does have the ability to generate random-ish passwords - you could try using such a password as a folder name (without using the password as a password, unless you like living dangerously). Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking |