Trivial File Transfer Protocol
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very basic transfer protocol over UDP
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- TFTP
- Purpose
- File transfer
- Developer s
- Karen R. Sollins
- Introduction
- June 1981 ; 45 years ago ( 1981-06 )
- Port s
- 69/UDP
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Encyclopedic overview
The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple communication protocol for transmitting or receiving files in a client-server application. A primary use of TFTP is in the early stages of nodes booting on a local area network when the operating system or firmware images are stored on a file server.
TFTP was first standardized in 1981 and updated in RFC 1350.
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