28.9 Security Loopholes

28.9.6 Trivial FTP, TFTP

This is used to allow diskless workstations, X-terminals, and network routers to boot from servers without authentication. Again this should be done by using a change root to /tftpboot. The entry below in /etc/inetd.conf will do this.

tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/in.tftpd in.tftpd -s /tftpboot

Unix System Administration - 8 AUG 1996

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