UFTP

UFTP
Developer(s) Dennis Bush
Initial release July 6, 2001 (2001-07-06)
Stable release
4.9.8 / August 29, 2018 (2018-08-29)
Type File transfer (multicast)
License GPL; commercial use requires a purchased license
Website uftp-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 for non-commercial use.[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.[4]

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.[5] He based UFTP on the Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP), which was designed and developed at Starburst Communications.[6][7] 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.[8][9] Starburst later sold MFTP, along with their Omnicast file distribution software, to the Fantastic Corporation.[10] Stratacache, a digital signage company in the United States, announced in February 2004 that they had purchased the property from Fantastic.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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. ↑
  5. ↑ Bush, Dennis. "Changes". uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net. Dennis Bush. Retrieved 2018-03-09 – via SourceForge.
  6. ↑ Bush, Dennis. "UFTP - UDP based FTP with multicast". UFTP homepage. Archived from the original on 2001-10-08. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  7. ↑ United States 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
  8. ↑ 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. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-miller-mftp-spec-00#page-1. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  9. ↑ 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. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-miller-mftp-spec-03#page-1. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  10. ↑ "MFTP Trademark Information". Bizapedia. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
  11. ↑ "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.

Further reading

  • Caron, Chris (1 October 2014). "UFTP: Mass File Distribution Using Multicasting". nuxref.com. Chris Caron.
  • Scott, Andrew E. "Wi-Fi Test Results". aes.id.au. Andrew E. Scott.
  • Miller, Kenneth; Robertson, Kary; Tweedly, Alex; White, Mac (April 1998). StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification. IETF. I-D draft-miller-mftp-spec-03. https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-miller-mftp-spec-03. 


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