UFTP

UFTP
Developer(s)Dennis Bush
Initial releaseJuly 6, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-07-06)
Stable release
5.0.3 / December 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)
TypeFile transfer (multicast)
LicenseGPLv3
Websiteuftp-multicast.sourceforge.net

The UDP-based File Transfer Protocol (UFTP) is a communication protocol designed to transfer files to multiple recipients.[1] To accomplish this, UFTP multicasts the files to recipients via the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). The reference implementation of UFTP is open-source software distributed under the GNU General Public License Version 3.[2] The author of UFTP and its reference protocol is Dennis Bush.[3]

UFTP can perform effectively in a wide area network with high network delay, as well as in communication satellite transmissions.[1]

Bush published a pre-release version of UFTP on July 6, 2001. After two more intermediate releases, version 1.0 was published on December 17, 2002.[4] He based UFTP on the Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP), which was designed and developed at Starburst Communications.[5][6] In 1997 and 1998, Starburst had submitted drafts of the MFTP specification to the Internet Engineering Task Force, with a view to promoting adoption of the protocol.[7][8] Starburst later sold MFTP, along with their Omnicast file distribution software, to the Fantastic Corporation.[citation needed] Stratacache, a digital signage company in the United States, announced in February 2004 that they had purchased the property from Fantastic.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Mattmann, Christian Alan (December 2007). "Connector Descriptions". Software Connectors for Highly Distributed and Voluminous Data-intensive Systems (PDF) (Ph.D. dissertation). University of Southern California. p. 276. OCLC 857683455. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  2. ^ Bush, Dennis. "UFTP - Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast". uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net. Dennis Bush. Retrieved 2018-03-05 – via SourceForge.
  3. ^ "Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast (UFTP)". Wireshark Wiki. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
  4. ^ Bush, Dennis. "Changes". uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net. Dennis Bush. Retrieved 2018-03-09 – via SourceForge.
  5. ^ Bush, Dennis. "UFTP - UDP based FTP with multicast". UFTP homepage. Archived from the original on 2001-10-08. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  6. ^ US patent 7710961, C. Kenneth Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson, "System and method for sending packets over a computer network", issued 20 December 2011, assigned to Darby and Mohaine LLC 
  7. ^ Miller, Kenneth; Robertson, Kary; Tweedly, Alex; White, Marc (January 1997). StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification. IETF. p. 1. I-D draft-miller-mftp-spec-00. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  8. ^ Miller, Kenneth; Robertson, Kary; Tweedly, Alex; White, Marc (April 1998). StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification. IETF. p. 1. I-D draft-miller-mftp-spec-03. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  9. ^ "Stratacache acquires OmniCast Dispatcher Product Lineand Business Unit from The Fantastic Corporation" (Press release). Dayton. February 4, 2004. Archived from the original on 2004-12-12. Retrieved 2018-03-09.

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