UFTP explained

UFTP
Developer:Dennis Bush
Latest Release Version:5.0.3
Genre:File transfer (multicast)
License:GPLv3

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. Stratacache, a digital signage company in the United States, announced in February 2004 that they had purchased the property from Fantastic.[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Mattmann . Christian Alan . December 2007 . Software Connectors for Highly Distributed and Voluminous Data-intensive Systems . Ph.D. dissertation . Connector Descriptions . . 276 . 857683455 . 2018-03-05.
  2. Web site: UFTP - Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast . Bush . Dennis . uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net . 2018-03-05 . Dennis Bush . SourceForge.
  3. Web site: Encrypted UDP based FTP with multicast (UFTP) . Wireshark Wiki . 2018-03-05.
  4. Web site: Changes . uftp-multicast.sourceforge.net . Bush . Dennis . Dennis Bush . SourceForge . 2018-03-09.
  5. Web site: UFTP - UDP based FTP with multicast . UFTP homepage . Bush . Dennis . https://web.archive.org/web/20011008024023/http://www.tcnj.edu/~bush/uftp.html . 2001-10-08 . 2018-03-09.
  6. US . 7710961 . patent . System and method for sending packets over a computer network . 20 December 2011 . 12 August 2010 . 19 January 1995 . C. Kenneth Miller, Thomas Andresen, Thomas Gardner, Craig Michelson, Kenneth Cates, Marc White, Kary Robertson . Darby and Mohaine LLC .
  7. StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification . draft-miller-mftp-spec-00 . 1 . Miller . Kenneth . Robertson . Kary . Tweedly . Alex . White . Marc . January 1997 . . 2018-03-09.
  8. StarBurst Multicast File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) Specification . draft-miller-mftp-spec-03 . 1 . Miller . Kenneth . Robertson . Kary . Tweedly . Alex . White . Marc . April 1998 . . 2018-03-09.
  9. Stratacache acquires OmniCast Dispatcher Product Lineand Business Unit from The Fantastic Corporation . https://web.archive.org/web/20041212041324/http://www.stratacache.com/news_omnicast_acquisition.html . 2004-12-12 . February 4, 2004 . . Dayton . 2018-03-09 . dead .

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