tftp server problem

[Steven Ringwald]

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