Hey all,

I'm looking for a small but simple tool, to exchange files with friends and family. I know that all IM programs have built in file-sharing capability but that is not quite enough for me. All I need is a little tool which would allow resumes and possibly secure (encrypted) transfers.

What I'm looking for is kind of like FTP but server and client in one program and very simple to set up. For those of you who know what WASTE is, it comes pretty close but it would be good if it also would allow unsecured transfer just for ease of use. I'd love to use WASTE, but development stalled and they never actually got stable transfers working so it's pretty useless.

Any ideas? recommendations?

For fast p2p transfer, I usually use mIRC's DCC function. I love it because it's simply fast, alot faster than MSN's transfer. I can also resume a download as well. If there's appropriate scripts installed to mIRC, you can even schedule a download there. However the drawback is that it's not encrypted. But I can see it's advantage among all others is the transfer speed. I guess no others can be better.

Problem is most of my friends don't use mIRC and DCC is a pain to set up behind a router and most of my friends have one.

if it's only for friends and family, why not just upload it somewhere then just give them the link in private/email? or just email the file/s. having it browser-based (instead of using other apps like p2ps/ftp clients) makes accessibilty easy for both you and your users. this way, it also won't be a problem for them if you are not online and available for sharing.

Here's a guide with step by step screenshot of how you will work around to do port forwarding on a router. First select your router model and carry on from there.
http://www.portforward.com/english/applica...IRCDCCindex.htm

The thing is I want to use it mostly for spontaneous transfers. Say both parties are online and talking about something and suddenly one goes "Hey, you gotta see this" and then send it over immediately.