[83026] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: VOIP provider
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hayes Merritt, III)
Wed Aug 3 12:12:36 2005
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:47:24 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Sam Hayes Merritt, III" <sam@themerritts.org>
To: Bill Woodcock <woody@pch.net>
Cc: Shane Owens <shaneowens@dna-communications.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOC.4.61.0508030201320.7250@paixhost.pch.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> What security risk does TFTP pose that isn't also shared by
> HTTP?
Not security of the protocol necessarily, but you will find that TFTP is
filtered by a number of cable modem providers on the CPE side of the cable
modem.
Not arguing if filtering/not filtering it is better, just thats one
roadblock any provider will come across in trying to use TFTP.
sam
