From 39041395dc473f81aea9540c25a5dc002982bc7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rogier Neeleman Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 22:59:40 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] New blogpost Bittorrent sync --- blog/2014-08-01_Bittorrent_sync.txt | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/2014-08-01_Bittorrent_sync.txt diff --git a/blog/2014-08-01_Bittorrent_sync.txt b/blog/2014-08-01_Bittorrent_sync.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8601cb2 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2014-08-01_Bittorrent_sync.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +Bittorrent sync + +For some long time I was looking for a way to synchonize my data between my +computers. I got a NAS and that was the place to store my data. When I was abroad +I had to rely on both internet connections, because all my files are stored +home. Today I got the invitation for Bittorrent chat. Sadly it was only for +windows users, but on the website I saw the application Bittorrent Sync. + +It's not open source, but apart from that, it works +---------+ +great! The application is made for Linux, BSD, Mac, | | +Windows and even iPhone an Android. How does it | Desktop | +work? | | + +---------+ +You start on a computer with a directory you want /\ +to share with other persons and/or computers. It / \ +will generate two key's for you. A read/write key / \ +and a read-only key. Feeding the read/write key to / home \ +my laptop starts the synchonization of my personal ~~~~~~~~~~~~ +documents. When it was finished, I could write in / internet \ +one, and within a couple of minutes read the file / \ +on the other computer. If it's not able to sync, / \ +it waits till you got an internet connection. +---------+ +---------+ + | | | | +If your router got UPnP support and you are dumb | Laptop |----| iPhone | +enough to enable it (or not disable it), it even | | | | +works from abroad. Otherwise you can open the port +---------+ +---------+ +in your router yourself and set the same listing +port on you client. + +There is even support for temporary key's, just for one person to use within +24 hours. Now you can share your files with someone else, give people readaccess +on your pictures, work together on projects etc, etc. + +The only disadvantage is the fact that with N nodes in your virtual network, +all the data is stored N times. So it cost you some more disk space, but he, +redundancy comes with a price :-) + +More information: Bittorrent Sync website