[PLUG] [Retitled for clarity] File sharing over a two node LAN

[Richard Owlett]

On 08/12/2019 08:28 AM, Bill Barry wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 7:57 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 08/11/2019 10:04 AM, Nat Taylor wrote:
>>> so, you don't want to use the "ip" command to set your network addresses
>>> then use scp to copy files between the machines?
>>
>> Browsing the man page for scp suggests it is massive overkill for a
>> 2-node LAN of "trusted" machines. [The WiFi may be vulnerable, but the
>> two laptops have only a minimal Debian installation and have _*NOTHING*_
>> on them that did not come from the installation DVD ;]
> 
> You could use ftp
> https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-configure-ftp-server-on-debian-9-stretch-linux
> but I don't think it is much easier to configure than ssh/scp.

It's not a complexity issue so much as suitable topology.
A 2-node LAN has to be as close as possible to a peer2peer network.
I keep being referred to tools suitable for a client/server model 
capable of handling a massive multiplicity of nodes.

I've been a computer *consumer* since ~1961. Became much more involved 
with system details when introduced to Debian 6.