YouTransfer
Infrastructure
self-hosted file sharing
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
4 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 9 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Privacy: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 4 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, easy file sharing that fills a gap
From 1 comment
Oh, thank goodness. I was looking for a solution like this less than a month ago and couldn't find ANYTHING usable. Much appreciated, added to my list o' useful things.
thenomad on HN
Docker deployment is useful
From 1 comment
These kind of projects are a lot of fun. I wrote a simple one, in Ruby, using Sinatra here: https://github.com/skx/web-file-publisher But then as an experiment I wrote another…
stevekemp on HN
Objections
Security holes found: token generation, XSS and path traversal
From 2 comments
If I read it correctly, this is how a file token is generated, which is supposed to be secure: ``` file.id = md5(file.name + (Math.random() * 1000)); ``` First of all please do…
dchest on HNYou might want to fix the XSS [1] on the page and prevent the path traversal (try typing ../config in download input) [1] XSS Example:…
adnanh on HN
Too much infrastructure needed to deploy
From 1 comment
The amount of of infrastructure you have to deploy to use this seems excessive.[1] You need NGrok (a commercial service) to get through NAT. You need Docker to install. You need…
Animats on HN
Demo and site font or contrast hard to read
From 2 comments
The software looks interesting, however the web page is hard to read due to low contrast and very thin fonts. Join http://contrastrebellion.com/
Tepix on HNAny chance for a more readable font?
BillyParadise on HN
Requests
Login or access control for uploads
From 2 comments
This is very nice! Personally I'd really like some kind of login for the uploader so I can offer this service to friends and family (and myself ;)) without the risk of someone…
teekert on HNI've just seen the demo. What about security? Can anybody just "dump" files on your server? Also, when people run this at home on their home computers there is limited upload…
amelius on HN
Split upload folders into subdirectories
From 1 comment
Might I suggest that you split the folders up in your uploads. 0b692a00635682fabc78b6a50655242c.binary gets stored, for example in…
noonespecial on HN
Facebook integration for sharing with friends
From 1 comment
Facebook integration might be nice here so that you could simply allow your FB friends, or perhaps those in a certain group, to share files.
pimlottc on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Seafile or ownCloud?
From 1 comment
Hoes does it compare to Seafile or Owncloud?
Svenstaro on HN
Can clients send files only to the owner?
From 1 comment
Congrats on the project. Without loading and looking myself, how are the file accessible on the server? I asked because I'd like to have clients use this to send ME files only.…
usermac on HN
Alternatives named
Camlistore
From 1 comment
Sounds fairly similar to bradfitz's Camlistore (https://camlistore.org/). If you're familiar with that project, could you comment on the main differences in YouTransfer?
daave on HN
Seafile
From 1 comment
Hoes does it compare to Seafile or Owncloud?
Svenstaro on HN
ownCloud
From 1 comment
Hoes does it compare to Seafile or Owncloud?
Svenstaro on HN
magic-wormhole
From 1 comment
It's a different use case, but I love magic wormhole for directly and securely sending files to people: https://github.com/warner/magic-wormhole It's file sending from 1995.
StavrosK on HN
transfer.sh
From 1 comment
See also transfer.sh
notjk on HN
pomf.se
From 1 comment
I made this once pomf.se went down: https://github.com/SirCmpwn/sr.ht pomf.se was my replacement after my own hosting service, MediaCrush, went down.
Sir_Cmpwn on HN