Trivial File Transfer Protocol

Trivial File Transfer Protocol
Communication protocol
AbbreviationTFTP
PurposeFile transfer
Developer(s)Dr. Karen R. Sollins
IntroductionJune 1981; 43 years ago (1981-06)
Port(s)69/UDP
RFC(s)RFC 1350

Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple lockstep File Transfer Protocol which allows a client to get a file from or put a file onto a remote host. One of its primary uses is in the early stages of nodes booting from a local area network. TFTP has been used for this application because it is very simple to implement.

TFTP was first standardized in 1981[1] and the current specification for the protocol can be found in RFC 1350.

  1. ^ RFC 783