RFC 783

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RFC 783 is the original specification that defines the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP), a simple protocol for transferring files over a network.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Internet standard specification
Request for Comments
area Applications
authentication none
author Noel Chiappa
category Standards Track
checksum relies on UDP checksum
connectionType lockstep stop-and-wait
definesAcknowledgementMechanism per-block ACK
definesDefaultBlockSize 512 bytes
definesDirection client-initiated transfer
definesEndOfFileCondition DATA packet with less than 512 bytes
definesErrorHandling ERROR packet with error code and message
definesFileNameEncoding netascii for text files
definesMessageType ACK
DATA
ERROR
RRQ
WRQ
definesOperation read request
write request
definesProtocol TFTP
surface form: Trivial File Transfer Protocol
definesTransferMode mail
netascii
octet
intendedEnvironment simple, low-overhead file transfer
language English
month June
networkLayerIndependence true
obsoletedBy RFC 1350
obsoletes RFC 764
RFC 768
pageCount 18
portNumber 69
protocolScope Trivial file transfer
protocolType File transfer protocol
publishedBy Internet Activities Board
Internet Engineering Task Force
publishedInSeries RFC series
reliabilityMechanism retransmission on timeout
securityFeatures none
shortName TFTP specification
status Historic
title TFTP
surface form: The TFTP Protocol (Revision 2)
transportProtocol UDP
useCase bootstrap and diskless workstation loading
simple file transfer in local networks
year 1981

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RFC 1350 obsoletes RFC 783
TFTP originalRfc RFC 783