Trivial File Transfer Protocol

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Contents 1 Overview 2 Features 3 See Also 4 External Links 5 References

Overview

The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) was developed in 1980 by Noel Chiappa as a simple protocol to transfer files between computers. It is implemented using UDP, and is designed to be lightweight and easy to implement. As such, it is very limited in features compared to other alternatives (FTP, SFTP) as well as security.

Features

TFTP has only two features, reading and writing files. It offers no method of listing directory contents, displaying or changing file permissions or even user authentication.

See Also

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External Links

References

--Russeld 18:11, 4 April 2009 (EDT)