Trivial File Transfer Protocol
| Communication protocol | |
| Abbreviation | TFTP |
|---|---|
| Purpose | File transfer |
| Developer(s) | Karen R. Sollins |
| Introduction | June 1981 |
| Port(s) | 69/UDP |
| RFC(s) | RFC 1350 |
The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is a simple lockstep communication protocol for transmitting or receiving files in a client-server application. A primary use of TFTP is in the early stages of nodes booting on a local area network when the operating system or firmware images are stored on a file server.
TFTP was first standardized in 1981 and updated in RFC 1350.