Looking for the best way of sending a 50MB file

[Jeff Vian]

On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 16:08 +0000, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> I need to send a 50MB file to someone. What is the simplest way of
> doing that? I do not have any web-site to put the file for
> downloading... Any ideas? Is it complicated to setup a secure ftp
> server?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Paul
> 
If your machine has direct internet access (no firewall/router) so your
friend can connect directly it is easy to set up an ftp server.
Vsftpd works well.  However, I would not recommend leaving ftp open for
extended periods. I would also suggest only using the public ftp service
and allowing him to download from you.

If time is not critical, a CDROM is cheap and easy to mail.

scp is also another option, and that is no harder than providing minimal
config and having him connect with a valid account.