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Machsend release – P2P file transfers inside the browser

After a private beta of Machsend, it’s now being released publicly – check it out.

Machsend lets you send files to people without any size restrictions. Files are sent in a P2P fashion, straight from one client to another – which means transfers are faster, and you don’t have to trust a third party with your data.

If you’re on the same LAN, files are sent directly. Otherwise a type of firewall traversal  allows the two clients connect (which works on about 80% of firewalls). There are few good papers that explain more here and here.

Machsend uses Yahoo! BrowserPlus to perform this TCP magic.

Data transfers are unlimited – I’ve sent gigabytes over the system without any trouble.

Machsend works on OSX and Windows. Unfortunately there isn’t a version of BrowserPlus for Linux yet, but one is being developed.

There are a few more details on the ‘about‘ page.