Subject: Re: tftpd
To: None <xela@mit.edu>
From: None <cgd@broadcom.com>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 02/24/2003 21:57:06
At Tue, 25 Feb 2003 05:24:32 +0000 (UTC), Alex wrote:
> I'd like to add a workaround for this bug to tftpd.  The
> workaround checks whether a filename that fails to stat ends
> with an 0xff, and if so, lops the last character off the
> filename, and tries again with the new name.  

IMO, this deserves an option, and not to be on by default.

(if i'm setting up a TFTP server, unless i enable otherwise, _really_
i only want it to allow access to the files that specifically enabled.
the manual page should say something about what the option is for of
course.)




cgd