Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:23 PM) lol, no kiddie porn. Movies, music, you know, the usual. Will people be able to browse it? You can share entire directories with other dropbox users, or you can share individual directories/files with the public. For example, here is a screenshot of my desktop I put in my dropbox public folder: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29515785/ss.jpg All I did was right click the file on the dropbox website, and click "copy public link"...etc. The easiest thing to do is get others to join, and share the directory with their username -- and bam, all the files you put in that directory are now available on their dropbox, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) You can share entire directories with other dropbox users, or you can share individual directories/files with the public. For example, here is a screenshot of my desktop I put in my dropbox public folder: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29515785/ss.jpg All I did was right click the file on the dropbox website, and click "copy public link"...etc. The easiest thing to do is get others to join, and share the directory with their username -- and bam, all the files you put in that directory are now available on their dropbox, too. Did you get your 250 megs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:39 PM) Did you get your 250 megs? I think so! I have 3.4 gigs now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 When I drag stuff into this Dropbox folder it's in a Windows Explorer window, but isn't actually going on my hard drive/changing directories, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:51 PM) When I drag stuff into this Dropbox folder it's in a Windows Explorer window, but isn't actually going on my hard drive/changing directories, correct? It's a copy of whatever files, and it will sync to the dropbox servers. You can set which you want to sync, etc. After you use it and browse around the app/website a bit you'll quickly understand what you're doing. It's very useful for sharing files between devices or people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 I just realized I said MB instead of GB and GB instead of TB. lol, no wonder this seemed so easy. I'm talking about thousands of files, entire hard drives' worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 No man should own that much porn. I commend your idea to share it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:43 PM) I just realized I said MB instead of GB and GB instead of TB. lol, no wonder this seemed so easy. I'm talking about thousands of files, entire hard drives' worth. I'd say the best way to do this is via FTP. If you've never configured an FTP server before, this could get cumbersome...but you'd learn a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 10:26 PM) I'd say the best way to do this is via FTP. If you've never configured an FTP server before, this could get cumbersome...but you'd learn a lot. I think this was supposed to be my original question... lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 09:30 PM) I think this was supposed to be my original question... lol. Honestly, sharing that much data is a PITA, it'd be easier for them to bring a portable drive to your house and copy it, or even burn it on blurays or DVDs. If you really want to attempt FTP, I can try to find an easy to configure FTP server. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:12 PM) Honestly, sharing that much data is a PITA, it'd be easier for them to bring a portable drive to your house and copy it, or even burn it on blurays or DVDs. If you really want to attempt FTP, I can try to find an easy to configure FTP server. The hard drive thing was Option A. I was trying to figure out if there was a way i could conveniently do it and have them be able to access my files from across the country if they wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 10:13 PM) The hard drive thing was Option A. I was trying to figure out if there was a way i could conveniently do it and have them be able to access my files from across the country if they wanted to. Well, in order to do that, preferably secure-FTP is the way to do it...however, the first question is who is your ISP? I have Comcast, and while Comcast assigns random public IP's, they rarely change them...so you'll have to figure out if your IP changes a lot or not...otherwise when you give the public address to people they may find it unresponsive because it's no longer there (meaning your ISP changed your IP again). You can use DDNS to get around such things, but if you don't know what FTP is, I won't even get into DDNS just yet. You'd basically have to configure your router/wireless, depending on what model it is, to forward requests to your specific computer on your internal network. Because of this, you also have to make sure the IP of that internal computer never changes either. While these are relatively simple things for me to do, they're probably a bit more complicated to you. This would solve your "share across the country problem", as this is what FTP was designed for...however, it can be a mess for a person that's never done it before or has no server experience. Also, since you plan on sharing "not so legal" stuff to the extent that you're talking terabytes...I'm not sure I'd run it on a public facing FTP site and I'd keep that off the Internet if possible...and just have them copy your drive to be safe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 LOL @ lostfan mixing up the size of his hard drive. I was thinking dropbox as well earlier on in the conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (Y2HH @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 08:50 AM) Well, in order to do that, preferably secure-FTP is the way to do it...however, the first question is who is your ISP? I have Comcast, and while Comcast assigns random public IP's, they rarely change them...so you'll have to figure out if your IP changes a lot or not...otherwise when you give the public address to people they may find it unresponsive because it's no longer there (meaning your ISP changed your IP again). You can use DDNS to get around such things, but if you don't know what FTP is, I won't even get into DDNS just yet. You'd basically have to configure your router/wireless, depending on what model it is, to forward requests to your specific computer on your internal network. Because of this, you also have to make sure the IP of that internal computer never changes either. While these are relatively simple things for me to do, they're probably a bit more complicated to you. This would solve your "share across the country problem", as this is what FTP was designed for...however, it can be a mess for a person that's never done it before or has no server experience. Also, since you plan on sharing "not so legal" stuff to the extent that you're talking terabytes...I'm not sure I'd run it on a public facing FTP site and I'd keep that off the Internet if possible...and just have them copy your drive to be safe... I have Verizon FIOS. I understand basic networking and all, I know what FTP is I just couldn't break down the mechanics of it to you, I'd probably sound like a buffoon to you. I do know how to change my router's settings to make the IP of my computer permanent although that's kind of a pain in the ass. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 10:31 AM) LOL @ lostfan mixing up the size of his hard drive. I was thinking dropbox as well earlier on in the conversation. lol. And I'm a pretty tech-savvy kind of guy... built everything in my house by myself. Thinking "they really give away 2 terabytes for FREE?" Umm yeah no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) I have Verizon FIOS. I understand basic networking and all, I know what FTP is I just couldn't break down the mechanics of it to you, I'd probably sound like a buffoon to you. I do know how to change my router's settings to make the IP of my computer permanent although that's kind of a pain in the ass. lol. And I'm a pretty tech-savvy kind of guy... built everything in my house by myself. Thinking "they really give away 2 terabytes for FREE?" Umm yeah no. All you have to do to make the IP of your computer permanent is add a DHCP reservation for that computer -- it's pretty easy. All you need is the MAC address of your ethernet card/wireless card, put in the MAC and reserve a specific IP...from that point on, your computer will always be assigned that IP. Then, you need to create a port map/nat on the router, so when people hit the public IP of your router, for example 98.98.98.98 on port 21 (FTP), it will forward that request to your internal computer, for example 10.10.10.10 on port 21. So Internet > 98.98.98.98:21 (routers external IP:port tcp 21), NAT/converts to 10.10.10.10:21 If 10.10.10.10 is the computer running your FTP server, it will respond and request username/password...and if they successfully login with whatever FTP client they use, they will have access to read/write to files/directories of your choice. You could make your files read only for ftp users, etc...or have specific accounts that can read/write, etc. The problem with FTP is it's insecure/cleartext, which is what they created SFTP for, but this is a bit more complicated...though with a little research you could do it quite easily. That said, opening your router like this opens it to the entire world, unless you have specific friends in mind, get their IP's and open that external IP/port to only those specific IP's...that way the entire world can't try to login until they're successful...and believe me, they will try. On my firewall, I ban 90% of RIPE/APNIC, which is basically most of Russia and China...and it's pretty scary the amount of random requests I see coming from those IP's which are blocked...they have zombie PC's that randomly scan IP's all over the internet looking for weaknesses or open ports they can attempt to hack... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostfan Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Not getting a warm and fuzzy from this idea now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 09:47 AM) Not getting a warm and fuzzy from this idea now. Like I open SSH to my home computer from the Internet, but only from my work -- all other requests to SSH to my computer would be denied. This is much safer than just opening it to the entire world...as then everyone/anyone who tried would get a user/password prompt...and could conceivably try to login with a slow brute force attack until they're successful...this is why opening ports to the public can be a bad idea for most home users who do not have background in security... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 As an example, this is what my firewall looks like... I'm pretty security insane, as you will now be able to tell. add 00500 allow tcp from 205.172.134.23 to me dst-port 22 add 33000 deny tcp from not me to me dst-port 22 add 33300 deny log icmp from any to me in icmptypes 8 add 33400 deny ip from 1.0.0.0/8 to me add 33500 deny ip from 14.0.0.0/8 to me add 33600 deny ip from 27.0.0.0/8 to me add 33700 deny ip from 36.0.0.0/8 to me add 33800 deny ip from 39.0.0.0/8 to me add 33900 deny ip from 42.0.0.0/8 to me add 34000 deny ip from 43.0.0.0/8 to me add 34100 deny ip from 49.0.0.0/8 to me add 34200 deny ip from 58.0.0.0/8 to me add 34300 deny ip from 59.0.0.0/8 to me add 34400 deny ip from 60.0.0.0/8 to me add 34500 deny ip from 61.0.0.0/8 to me add 34600 deny ip from 101.0.0.0/8 to me add 34700 deny ip from 103.0.0.0/8 to me add 34800 deny ip from 106.0.0.0/8 to me add 34900 deny ip from 110.0.0.0/8 to me add 35000 deny ip from 111.0.0.0/8 to me add 35100 deny ip from 112.0.0.0/8 to me add 35200 deny ip from 113.0.0.0/8 to me add 35300 deny ip from 114.0.0.0/8 to me add 35400 deny ip from 115.0.0.0/8 to me add 35500 deny ip from 116.0.0.0/8 to me add 35600 deny ip from 117.0.0.0/8 to me add 35700 deny ip from 118.0.0.0/8 to me add 35800 deny ip from 119.0.0.0/8 to me add 35900 deny ip from 120.0.0.0/8 to me add 36000 deny ip from 121.0.0.0/8 to me add 36100 deny ip from 122.0.0.0/8 to me add 36200 deny ip from 123.0.0.0/8 to me add 36300 deny ip from 124.0.0.0/8 to me add 36400 deny ip from 125.0.0.0/8 to me add 36500 deny ip from 126.0.0.0/8 to me add 36600 deny ip from 133.0.0.0/8 to me add 36700 deny ip from 150.0.0.0/8 to me add 36800 deny ip from 153.0.0.0/8 to me add 37100 deny ip from 175.0.0.0/8 to me add 37200 deny ip from 180.0.0.0/8 to me add 37300 deny ip from 182.0.0.0/8 to me add 37400 deny ip from 183.0.0.0/8 to me add 37500 deny ip from 202.0.0.0/8 to me add 37600 deny ip from 203.0.0.0/8 to me add 37700 deny ip from 210.0.0.0/8 to me add 37800 deny ip from 211.0.0.0/8 to me add 37900 deny ip from 218.0.0.0/8 to me add 38000 deny ip from 219.0.0.0/8 to me add 38100 deny ip from 220.0.0.0/8 to me add 38200 deny ip from 221.0.0.0/8 to me add 38300 deny ip from 222.0.0.0/8 to me add 38400 deny ip from 223.0.0.0/8 to me add 38500 deny ip from 2.0.0.0/8 to me add 38600 deny ip from 5.0.0.0/8 to me add 38700 deny ip from 31.0.0.0/8 to me add 38800 deny ip from 37.0.0.0/8 to me add 38900 deny ip from 46.0.0.0/8 to me add 39000 deny ip from 62.0.0.0/8 to me add 39100 deny ip from 77.0.0.0/8 to me add 39300 deny ip from 79.0.0.0/8 to me add 39400 deny ip from 80.0.0.0/8 to me add 39500 deny ip from 81.0.0.0/8 to me add 39600 deny ip from 82.0.0.0/8 to me add 39700 deny ip from 83.0.0.0/8 to me add 39800 deny ip from 84.0.0.0/8 to me add 39900 deny ip from 85.0.0.0/8 to me add 40000 deny ip from 86.0.0.0/8 to me add 40100 deny ip from 87.0.0.0/8 to me add 40300 deny ip from 89.0.0.0/8 to me add 40400 deny ip from 90.0.0.0/8 to me add 40500 deny ip from 91.0.0.0/8 to me add 40600 deny ip from 92.0.0.0/8 to me add 40700 deny ip from 93.0.0.0/8 to me add 40800 deny ip from 94.0.0.0/8 to me add 40900 deny ip from 95.0.0.0/8 to me add 41000 deny ip from 109.0.0.0/8 to me add 41100 deny ip from 141.0.0.0/8 to me add 41200 deny ip from 145.0.0.0/8 to me add 41300 deny ip from 151.0.0.0/8 to me add 41400 deny ip from 176.0.0.0/8 to me add 41500 deny ip from 178.0.0.0/8 to me add 41600 deny ip from 185.0.0.0/8 to me add 41700 deny ip from 188.0.0.0/8 to me add 65535 allow ip from any to any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Pretty cool live wallpaper for the Android nerds. The part of this wallpaper that really won me over was the maps section. I was thinking, "Maps? Of what, highways and things?" Oh no, if you think like me, prepare to be pleasantly surprised. Maps aren't different map overlays of our fine planet, but actually different skins for the otherwise generic globe to don and show off. You've got the standards, like a few for Earth, the Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and the like, but the developer really stepped things up a notch with their incredibly long and otherwise creative list of nonexistent planets and/or heavenly bodies. In my perusing of the list, there's such greats as the Death Star (both versions), the Earth from Futurama, Krypton, Cybertron, and even their own take on Hades. There's a slew of Star Wars planets to pick from along with some Star Trek ones alongside, so there's something for everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Ok, great, now back to MY problem, please.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Anyone have a google+ invite available? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 09:11 AM) Anyone have a google+ invite available? ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I have no desire to waste my time on another google social media project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSqwert Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 7, 2011 -> 09:59 AM) I have no desire to waste my time on another google social media project Duly noted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Google Plus is merely Facebook without the people -- oh, and the people it does have are all male. No thx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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