![]() ![]() ![]() Today there are still network services that depend on TFTP (most notably the Linux Terminal Server Project and Red Hat’s Kickstart remote-installation system) but it has taken on a second important role in VoIP, as the preferred way to “auto-provision” many IP telephones and analog telephone adapters (ATAs), distributing configuration files at boot time in a manner similar to DHCP. In the old days, that originally meant thin clients booting over the network. It is optimized for transferring files over a local network to small devices that may not even have permanent storage. TFTP ( RFC 1350) is very low-overhead variant of the more familiar FTP that you are probably already used to interacting with. Setting one up on Linux is easy, and a perfect project to take on over the weekend. ![]() Most users are familiar with FTP, but if you want to kickstart Red Hat installs, PXE boot systems, auto-provision VoIP phones or unbrick a Linux-based router, you want a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server. ![]()
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