Exercises

Exercises

15.1

Read the Host Requirements RFC to see what a TFTP server should do if it receives a request and the destination IP address of the request is a broadcast address.

15.2

What do you think happens when the TFTP block number wraps around from 65535 to 0? Does RFC 1350 say anything about this?

15.3

We said that the TFTP sender performs the timeout and retransmission to handle lost packets. How does this affect the use of TFTP when it's being used as part of the bootstrap process?

15.4

What is the limiting factor in the time required to transfer a file using TFTP?



TCP.IP Illustrated, Volume 1. The Protocols
TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol. 1: The Protocols (Addison-Wesley Professional Computing Series)
ISBN: 0201633469
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 1993
Pages: 378

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