I am looking for some way to create links(or something like that) that allows people i know to easily download files from me. Allowing them to browse my files isn't really what I want, but on a limited sense that would be okay. I guess what I really want is something like Dropbox's link sharing system, but without using Dropbox.

 

Obviously, I want this to be secure. If it opens me up to severe security vulnerabilities, I may just be stuck using Dropbox for this type of thing.

Look at the owncloud docker. You can do both..share directories and send links people can click on to download files.