You need to send a big file to a friend or a family member? You can either spend time uploading it to a hosting service like Rapidshare which will have lots of restrictions like file size limit, or start a one-time transfer that will be deleted from the cloud within 24 hours. Streamfile is a service that does just that and with a high level of simplicity, making it pretty close to perfect for sending large files to non-tech savvy individuals.
Just pick what file you want to transfer to your friend (up to 2GB in size) and the service will spit out two URLs for you to send either on your own or via e-mail. One is a generic URL, while the other is secured with AES 256-bit SSL encryption, the same level of security you’d find on most banking sites. Whomever clicks that link will begin downloading the file in their browser’s download manager as the uploader on your site seeds the file onto a temporary spot on its servers. Even before you’ve managed to finish uploading your recipient can begin their download. Pretty cool eh?
One HUGE potential danger of the service is that you can spoof other people’s identities and send executables–something that’s been banned on most Web mail services both on the sending and receiving end. It lets you to pick both the name and e-mail of the sender which comes through as an e-mail from them instead of the service itself. If you’re targeting someone and know they’ll click on what you’re sending them, you could easily rename malicious files and get them to open them unless they’ve got capable antivirus software installed. This is not so cool 
Huge security fraud potential aside, it’s blissfully simple to use and a huge asset for passing big files to friends. If you’ve been wary of installing a software solution and paying for premium services that let you break that 500MB to 1GB barrier found on most services, Streamfile makes a highly desirable solution.
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July 31st, 2008 at 3:57 am
I suggest you store your files on this site Eat Bytes Free File Hosting in order to save on bandwidth costs. Files are hosted on a 1000Mbit unmetered port. You can put links to these files on your website so your users can easily download them. They have no download limitations, hosting costs are only covered by advertising revenue. No worry that you’ll need to buy a “premium” account.
June 18th, 2009 at 6:05 am
I thought that if I uploaded a .bat file, when someone click on the link, he would automatically download it, but no, it asks to open or save ¬¬