TFTP Extensions (tftpexts)
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Charter
Last Modified: 06/05/2000

Current Status: Concluded Working Group

Chair(s):
    G. Malkin  <[email protected]>
    Art Harkin  <[email protected]>

Applications Area Director(s):
    Ned Freed  <[email protected]>
    Patrik Faltstrom  <[email protected]>

Applications Area Advisor:
    Ned Freed  <[email protected]>

Technical Advisor(s):
    John Klensin  <[email protected]>

Mailing Lists:
    General Discussion:[email protected]
    To Subscribe:      [email protected]
    Archive:           onet2.cup.hp.com:/dist/tftpexts/tftpexts_archive

Description of Working Group:

The TFTP Extensions Working Group will review, refine as needed, and
then make a recommendation on standardization of several recent
standards-track proposals to extend TFTP.  These proposals include a
backward compatible extension mechanism for TFTP and related extension
options for this mechanism.

Initial drafts of all of the documents that the working group is
expected to review have already been, or will soon be, published.  The
working group will be starting with documents that have been prepared
as individual (or spontaneous design team) contributions.  It is not
expected to initiate new work.  On the other hand, it is expected to
make explicit "not ready for standardization" or "inappropriate for
standardization" recommendations if appropriate.

The working group will be begin with the following Internet-Drafts or
their successors:

 - draft-malkin-tftp-option-ext-00.txt

 - draft-malkin-tftp-blksize-opt-00.txt

Goals and Milestones:

  Done         Meet at the San Jose IETF. Review pending Internet-Drafts
               and decide for each whether it is ready for processing to
               Proposed, should be published as Experimental or
               Informational, should be discarded as a working group
               effort, or should be a candidate for further working group
               development. Refine the charter and work plan.

  FEB 95       Drafts with minor revisions distributed on mailing list for
               review. Internet-Drafts concluded in Dec 94 refined and
               sent to IESG for processing.

  MAR 95       Concluded Internet-Drafts with minor revisions sent to IESG
               for processing.

  APR 95       Meet at the Danvers IETF if necessary. Drafts with major
               revisions since Dec 94 reviewed. Review new additional
               Internet-Drafts for new options. Review implementation
               progress.

  JUN 95       Remaining revised Internet-Drafts sent to IESG for
               processing.


Internet-Drafts:

 No Current Internet-Drafts.

Request For Comments:

 RFC   Stat Published     Title
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RFC1782 PS   MAR 95    TFTP Option Extension

RFC1783 PS   MAR 95    TFTP Blocksize Option

RFC1785 I    MAR 95    TFTP Option Negotiation Analysis

RFC1784 PS   MAR 95    TFTP Timeout Interval and Transfer Size Options