[syslinux] Tftp-hpa-0.48 ACKs error messages from tftp server
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Fri Oct 17 09:38:01 PDT 2008
Kjeld Mortensen wrote:
> I have observed that the tftp-hpa-0.48 tftp client sends an ACK in
> case it receives an error message from a tftp server. Inspecting the
> source code confirms this behaviour.
>
> According to the tftp RFC (RFC 1350), Sect. 2, server error messages
> should not be acknowledged by the client:
>
> "Most errors cause termination of the connection. An error is
> signalled by sending an error packet. This packet is not
> acknowledged ... "
>
> Is there a separate bug reporting facility, or is this mailing list sufficient?
Sort of. The bottom line is that I don't really have time to care about
the client, so if the bug report isn't a patch, I probably won't do
anything about it.
-hpa
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