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Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a very simple file transfer protocol, with the functionality of a very basic form of FTP; it was first defined in 1980. A file in a computer system is a stream (sequence) of bits stored as a single unit, typically in a file system on disk or magnetic tape. ...
In networking, a communications protocol or network protocol is the specification of a set of rules for a particular type of communication. ...
This article is about the File Transfer Protocol standardised by the IETF. For other file transfer protocols, see File transfer protocol (disambiguation). ...
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Since it is so simple, it is easy to implement in a very small amount of memory — an important consideration at that time. TFTP was therefore useful for booting computers such as routers which did not have any data storage devices. It is still used to transfer small files between hosts on a network, such as when a remote X Window System terminal or any other thin client boots from a network host or server. The terms storage (U.K.) or memory (U.S.) refer to the parts of a digital computer that retain physical state (data) for some interval of time, possibly even after electrical power to the computer is turned off. ...
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TFTP is based in part on the earlier protocol EFTP, which was part of the PUP protocol suite. In the early days of work on the TCP/IP protocol suite, TFTP was often the first protocol implemented on a new host type, because it was so simple. EFTP (various expansions of this have been given, including Easy File Transfer Protocol, Ether File Transfer Protocol, and Experimental File Transfer Protocol) was a very simple file transfer protocol developed as part of the PUP protocol suite at Xerox PARC in the late 1970s. ...
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The original versions of TFTP, prior to RFC 1350, displayed a particularly bad protocol flaw, which was named Sorcerer's Apprentice Syndrome (after the Sorcerer's Apprentice segment of Fantasia) when it was discovered. Sorcerers Apprentice Syndrome (SAS) is a particularly bad network protocol flaw, discovered in the original versions of TFTP. It was named after the Sorcerers Apprentice segment of Fantasia, because the details of its operation closely resemble the disaster that befalls the sorcerers apprentice; the problem resulted in...
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Recently, TFTP has been used by computer worms, such as Blaster, as a method of spreading and infecting new hosts. A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program. ...
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Technical information
 (W1) Host A requests to write
 (W2) Server S acknowledges request
 (W3) Host A sends numbered data packets
 (R1) Host A requests to read
 (R2) Server S sends data packet 1
 (R3) Host A acknowledges data packet 1 Image File history File links Tftp-wrq. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-wrq. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-ack0. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-ack0. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-dat1-up. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-dat1-up. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-rrq. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-rrq. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-dat1-dwn. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-dat1-dwn. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-ack1. ...
Image File history File links Tftp-ack1. ...
Some details of TFTP - It uses UDP port 69 as its transport protocol (unlike FTP which uses TCP port 21).
- It cannot list directory contents.
- It has no authentication or encryption mechanisms.
- It is used to read files from, or write files to, a remote server.
- It supports three different transfer modes, "netascii", "octet" and "mail", with the first two corresponding to the "ASCII" and "image" (binary) modes of the FTP protocol; the third is now obsolete and is rarely used.
- The original protocol has a file size limit of 32 MB, although this was extended when RFC 2347 introduced option negotiation, which was used in RFC 2348 to introduce block-size negotiation in 1998 (allowing a maximum of 4 GB and potentially higher throughput). If the server and client support block number wraparound, file size is essentially unlimited.
- Since TFTP utilizes UDP, it has to supply its own transport and session support. Each file transferred via TFTP constitutes an independent exchange. That transfer is performed in lock-step, with only one packet (either a block of data, or an 'acknowledgement') ever in flight on the network at any time. Due to this lack of windowing, TFTP provides low throughput over high latency links.
- Due to the lack of security, it is dangerous over the open Internet. Thus, TFTP is generally only used on private, local networks.
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Latency is a time delay between the moment something is initiated, and the moment one of its effects begins. ...
Example command in TFTP in Windows Transfers files to and from a remote computer running the TFTP service. TFTP [-i] host [GET | PUT] source [destination] -i Specifies binary image transfer mode (also called octet). In binary image mode the file is moved literally, byte by byte. Use this mode when transferring binary files. host Specifies the local or remote host. GET Transfers the file destination on the remote host to the file source on the local host. PUT Transfers the file source on the local host to the file destination on the remote host. source Specifies the file to transfer. destination Specifies where to transfer the file.
References - Karen R. Sollins, The TFTP Protocol (IEN 133, January, 1980)
- Karen R. Sollins, TFTP Protocol (revision 1) (RFC 783, June, 1981)
- Karen R. Sollins, TFTP Protocol (revision 2) (RFC 1350, July, 1992)
- R. Finlayson, Bootstrap loading using TFTP (RFC 906, June, 1984)
- Gary Malkin, A. Harkin, TFTP Option Negotiation Analysis (RFC 1785, March 1995)
- Gary Malkin, A. Harkin, TFTP Option Extension (RFC 2347, May 1998)
- Gary Malkin, A. Harkin, TFTP Blocksize Option (RFC 2348, May 1998)
- Gary Malkin, A. Harkin, TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options (RFC 2349, May 1998)
Internet Experiment Notes (IENs) were a series of technical notes created in the early days of the Internet, during the early development of the TCP/IP protocol suite. ...
See also It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Port numbers. ...
The term SFTP has other meanings. ...
In computing, the SSH File Transfer Protocol or SFTP is a network protocol that provides file transfer and manipulation functionality over any reliable data stream. ...
External links - Tftp Manual on Unix
- TFTPD32 - A free tftp and dhcp server for windows
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