Bug 461525

Summary:	tftp server and tftp client do not support IPv6
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Charles R. Anderson <cra>
Component:	tftp	Assignee:	Jiri Skala <jskala>
Status:	CLOSED NEXTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	9	CC:	aglotov, gajownik, jskala, pertusus, tsmetana
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Description Charles R. Anderson 2008-09-08 20:29:39 UTC

Description of problem:

The tftp server and client package that Fedora distributes doesn't work with IPv6.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
tftp-0.48-6.fc9

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. edit /etc/xinet.d/tftp, change flags = IPv4 to flags = IPv6
2. use "curl -6 tftp://serverhostname/filename" to download a file via IPv6
3. try tftp client, but there is no way to specify that IPv6 should be used
  
Expected results:

We should really upgrade, patch, or switch to a server/client for TFTP that supports IPv6.

Comment 1 Jiri Skala 2008-11-21 10:22:08 UTC

The file /etc/xinet.d/tftp have to be modified for IPv6 usage:

 server_args = -6 -s /var/lib/tftpboot

The tftp client distinguish IPv4/IPv6 via host specification.