RFC 1785 · INFORMATIONAL · 1995
TUE · 15 SEP 2026
TFTP Option Negotiation Analysis
Overview
RFC 1785, “TFTP Option Negotiation Analysis”, is an Informational document published in March 1995 by G. Malkin, A. Harkin. It updates RFC 1350. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document was written to allay concerns that the presence of options in a TFTP Request packet might cause pathological behavior on servers which do not support TFTP option negotiation. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1995
- RFC 1784 TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options
- RFC 1786 Representation of IP Routing Policies in a Routing Registry
- RFC 1783 TFTP Blocksize Option
- RFC 1787 Routing in a Multi-provider Internet
- RFC 1782 TFTP Option Extension
- RFC 1788 ICMP Domain Name Messages
- RFC 1781 Using the OSI Directory to Achieve User Friendly Naming
- RFC 1789 INETPhone: Telephone Services and Servers on Internet