Re: Cisco TFTP Server (was RE: Cat 3550 IOS upgrade)

From: Larry Letterman (lletterm@cisco.com)
Date: Tue Feb 25 2003 - 22:49:01 GMT-3


I use the Pumpkin server app...it works great and its
free...

Larry Letterman
Network Engineer
Cisco Systems

----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Jimenez" <franjime@cisco.com>
To: "'Bob Usa'" <boby2kusa@hotmail.com>;
<puranikd@yahoo.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 3:23 PM
Subject: Cisco TFTP Server (was RE: Cat 3550 IOS upgrade)

> Just an FYI - looks like no more Cisco TFTP Server...
Personally, I use a copy
> of Solar Winds that I purchased a while back....
>
> From:
> http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/tablebuild.pl/cat2900XL
>
>
> 21-FEB-2003
>
> The Microsoft (r) Windows (r) based TFTP server previously
provided by Cisco
> Systems has been discontinued and is no longer supported
by Cisco Systems. This
> software suffers from a security bug described in
> (http://online.securityfocus.com/bid/2886). Persons still
using the server
> should consider replacing it with any of the high quality
freeware and shareware
> TFTP servers. As a historical note, the Cisco TFTP server
was released to
> customers in 1995 and at a time when no other freely
available TFTP servers
> existed.
>
> Today, there are many TFTP servers available, can be
easily found by searching
> for "tftp server" on your favorite internet search engine.
Cisco does not
> specifically recommend any particular TFTP implementation.
>
> It is also useful to note that modern versions of IOS also
support the use of
> FTP instead of TFTP for loading of images or configuration
files. Use of FTP
> overcomes a number of inherent limitations of TFTP
including a lack of security
> and a 16 megabyte file size limitation.
>
> Frank Jimenez, CCIE #5738
> franjime@cisco.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]
On Behalf Of Bob Usa
> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 2:02 PM
> To: puranikd@yahoo.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Cat 3550 IOS upgrade
>
>
> what kind of problem? Try the Cisco TFTP Server.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Deepak Puranik <puranikd@yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: Deepak Puranik <puranikd@yahoo.com>
> >To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> >Subject: Cat 3550 IOS upgrade
> >Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:43:48 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Hi Group,
> >
> >I am having some issue with upgarding 3550 IOS, does any
one having any
> >known issues ?
> >
> >I am using Windows 98 TFTP server software.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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