cbourn@anselm.UUCP (C.J. Bourn) (06/14/91)
once again i am into the net looking for help...my boss asked me today to look into finding references to FTP and TFTP, which are File Transport Protocol and Trivial File Transport Protocol. i am also looking for code for TFTP. if anyone knows anything out there i am eternally grateful. for a little more info here is a clipping: The DARPA Internet protocol suite includes a file transport protocol, FTP. FTP allows authorized users to log into a remote system, identify themselves, list remote directories, copy files to or from the remote machine, and execute a few simple commands remotely (e.g., to obtain help with the remote machine file name syntax). In addition many implementations provide statistics on transfer rates and diagnostic aids like packet tracing. A second DARPA protocol provides a Trivial File Transport Protocol, TFTP, intended for applications where the complex interactive environment is not needed. For example, manufacturers of diskless workstations can encode TFTP in read-only memory chips (ROM), and use it to obtain an initial memory image when the machine is powered on. The program in ROM is called the system _bootstrap_. The advantage of using TFTP is that it allows bootstrapping code to use the same underlying internet protocols that the running system uses. Thanks to anyone who can help me. please respond to me at ...!dartvax! anselm!cbourn as i do not read the news often to stay abreast... c.j. bourn itran corp. manchester, nh 03102