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diff --git a/lib/tftp/doc/src/introduction.xml b/lib/tftp/doc/src/introduction.xml index 949438ae92..70761db0dc 100644 --- a/lib/tftp/doc/src/introduction.xml +++ b/lib/tftp/doc/src/introduction.xml @@ -34,7 +34,23 @@ <section> <title>Purpose</title> - <p>A <c>TFTP</c> client and server.</p> + <p>The Trivial File Transfer Protocol or TFTP is a very simple protocol + used to transfer files.</p> + <p>It has been implemented on top of the User Datagram protocol (UDP) so + it may be used to move files between machines on different networks + implementing UDP. It is designed to be small and easy to implement. + Therefore, it lacks most of the features of a regular FTP. The only + thing it can do is read and write files (or mail) from/to a remote server. + It cannot list directories, and currently has no provisions for user + authentication.</p> + <p>The <c>tftp</c> application implements the following IETF standards:</p> + <list type="bulleted"> + <item>RFC 1350, The TFTP Protocol (revision 2)</item> + <item>RFC 2347, TFTP Option Extension</item> + <item>RFC 2348, TFTP Blocksize Option</item> + <item>RFC 2349, TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options</item> + </list> + <p>The only feature that not is implemented is the <c>netascii</c> transfer mode.</p> </section> <section> |