Magic Wormhole

Magic Wormhole
Communication protocol
PurposeFile transfer
Developer(s)Brian Warner
Introduction2015 (2015)
OSI layerApplication layer

Magic Wormhole is a protocol that facilitates peer-to-peer file transfer over the Internet. This makes it unlike other file transfer protocols, such as FTP or HTTP, as it does not require a central hosting server and is solely between two clients; however, it does require a rendezvous server to negotiate the connection.

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