tftp server problem
Steve Ringwald
asric at asric.com
Sat Dec 24 08:45:45 UTC 2005
Yes, it does. GXP2000's also use tftpd for provisioning across multiple
units.... Really irritating.
Steve
David L. Gehrt wrote:
>> David L. Gehrt wrote:
>>
>>
>>> here are two things here. Tftpd and ftpd daemons listen on different
>>> ports and are different things altogether. More importantly tftp is
>>> really insecure and should be avoided if possible. If avoiding it is
>>> not possible access to the daemon should be restricted to the smallest
>>> and most trustworthy set of client systems. Offhand I can think if no
>>> real use for tftp. A long time ago we had to have a tftpd available to
>>> allow Xterms to download their boot image it was worrisome.
>>>
>>>
>> Offhand, I can think of at least one. Grandstream GXP2000 Voip phones do
>> their firmware updates through tftp, and only tftp.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>
> Does that require users to run a tftpd server? If so, that is awful.
> That company needs a security wake up. *SIGH* I had hoped that such
> things were behind us.
>
> dlg
>
>
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