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  1. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!mogul
  3. From: mogul@pa.dec.com (Jeffrey Mogul)
  4. Subject: Re: TFTP Broadcasts
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug22.013628.6185@PA.dec.com>
  6. Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News)
  7. Organization: DEC Western Research
  8. References: <1992Aug18.050759.6934@microplex.com> <CKD.92Aug18115535@loiosh.eff.org>
  9. Distribution: na
  10. Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 01:36:28 GMT
  11. Lines: 6
  12.  
  13. When RFC906 was written, there was indeed no standard for broadcasting.
  14. RFC919 (issued 4 months later) set the standard.  If you use broadcasts,
  15. you should follow the standard, not some speculation about the standard
  16. that you hear on a bulletin board.
  17.  
  18. -Jeff
  19.