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Comparison of File Transfer Application Speed (blog.infinit.io)
12 points by pwperl 4598 days ago
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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.

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?

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."

Quite impressive, but I guess I will have to test it to make sure it's not just marketing ;)
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 :)
Full disclosure... I work for Infinit, but I'd be happy to answer any of your questions.
How do you plan on supporting businesses, if that is possible at this point?
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.
A comparison against BTSync would be nice.
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.
Awesome file transfer performance, guys.