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croc:tldr:ec486
croc: Receive and connect over a custom relay.
$ croc --relay ${ip_to_relay} ${passphrase}
try on your machine
The given command croc --relay ${ip_to_relay} ${passphrase}
is using the Croc tool to initiate a file transfer relay with a specified IP address and passphrase.
Here's a breakdown of the command:
croc
: It is the command-line tool called Croc. Croc is used for secure and encrypted file transfer between computers, even when they are not directly connected.--relay
: This flag tells Croc to create a relay for the file transfer.${ip_to_relay}
: It is a placeholder for the IP address of the relay server. You need to replace${ip_to_relay}
with the actual IP address of the server you want to use as a relay. A relay server acts as an intermediary for the file transfer when the two computers cannot directly connect to each other. The relay server relays the encrypted data between the sender and receiver.${passphrase}
: It is a placeholder for the passphrase or password required to encrypt and decrypt the transferred files. You need to replace${passphrase}
with the actual passphrase you want to use. The same passphrase should be used by both the sender and the receiver to successfully transfer and decrypt the files.
To use the command, replace ${ip_to_relay}
with the IP address of the relay server and ${passphrase}
with the desired passphrase, and then execute the command in your command-line interface. This will initiate a file transfer relay using Croc, allowing secure file transfer between two computers.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.