Thursday, October 22, 2009

Re: [BLUG] tftp server

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Barry Schatz <sorbetninja@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm setting up a TFTP server and wanted to know which daemon you all
> recommend. My options are tftpd, tftpd-hpa, and atftpd.
> I don't need PXE support, but that might be nice in the future. I do
> need it to start via init scripts because I want to leave it disabled
> when not in use.

I run atftpd on a Debian box, but not via {x}inetd.

Steven mentioned firewalling -- TFTP is one of those weird protocols.
It'll use 69/UDP for the request, but the actual transfer will be made
on a high, random port number, so just poking a hole for 69/UDP won't
be enough.

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Jeremy L. Gaddis
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