{"id":8358,"date":"2019-01-19T16:28:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T16:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=8358"},"modified":"2019-03-09T01:53:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T01:53:27","slug":"linux-today-ffsend-secure-file-share-from-the-command-line-firefox-send-client","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/01\/19\/linux-today-ffsend-secure-file-share-from-the-command-line-firefox-send-client\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Today – ffsend: Secure File Share From The Command Line (Firefox Send Client)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ffsend: Secure File Share From The Command Line (Firefox Send Client)<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n
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ffsend<\/a>\u00a0is a command line Firefox Send client that’s currently in alpha, available for Linux, macOS and Windows (with only macOS and Linux binaries being available right now).<\/p>\n

With ffsend you can easily and securely share files from the command line, by making use of a\u00a0Send<\/a>, a Firefox test pilot project.<\/b><\/p>\n

Firefox Send is a file sharing experiment by Mozilla, which allows sending encrypted files to other users. ‘Send’ can be\u00a0installed<\/a>\u00a0on your own server, or you can use the Mozilla-hosted\u00a0send.firefox.com<\/a>. The latter officially\u00a0supports files up to 1 GB (but I could upload a 2GB file, as mentioned by the ffsend description)<\/b>, with\u00a0each link expiring after a configurable download count (defaulting to 1 download) or 24 hours<\/b>, while also deleting all the files from the Send server. Read more about the\u00a0Send Firefox Test Pilot<\/a>.
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\nffsend can both upload and download files, while the remote host can use either ffsend or a simple web browser (that doesn’t have to be Firefox) to download the file.<\/p>\n

One could always use the\u00a0send.firefox.com<\/code><\/span>\u00a0web interface to upload and download files, but ffsend is intended for usage in scripts, without interaction. You can also use it for a quick file upload or download that doesn’t require opening a web browser.<\/p>\n

While\u00a0ffsend uses client-side encryption<\/b>, ensuring that all files are encrypted before they are uploaded to the remote host, anyone with the link can download the file, so make sure you don’t share it with unauthorized people. That’s because the encryption secret, which is used to decrypt the file when downloading it, is included in the share URL.<\/p>\n

An extra level of protection is available – you can password protect the file<\/b>\u00a0by appending\u00a0--password<\/code><\/span>\u00a0when uploading a file using ffsend, or by setting the password after a file was uploaded, by using\u00a0ffsend password URL -p YOUR-PASSWORD<\/code><\/span>.<\/p>\n

ffsend features:<\/p>\n