Re: bin/49868: tftpd(8) doesn't play well with clients that return acknowledgements to the broadcast address

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

The following reply was made to PR bin/49868; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: bin/49868: tftpd(8) doesn't play well with clients that return acknowledgements to the broadcast address
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 19:02:32 +0000 (UTC)

 jnemeth%cue.bc.ca@localhost (John Nemeth) writes:
 
 >     I would say the bug is that tftpd responds to broadcast at
 >all.  What happens if you have more then one tftpd on a network
 >segment?
 
 RFC1123 explicitely says that TFTP requests direct to a
 broadcast address SHOULD be silently ignored.
 
 This means that TFTP on a broadcast address might be useful in
 some cases, but you should understand the full implications of
 using TFTP this way.
 
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