Re: [Etherboot-developers] [RFC] Multicast reception....

[Peter L. <P.L...@sy...>]

> > Please see RFC2090 (tftp multicast). It offers you quite a lot of what you
> > need. Can be downloaded from http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2090.html
> 
> It's a good RFC, but it has several problems.  
> 
>  - It doesn't fix TFTP's streaming problem.  That is the server has
>    challenges to keep the network busy.
> 
>  - It requires all clients to be registered.  My design goal is 10,000
>    clients.  If something goes wrong 10,000 timeouts can be a real problem.
> 
>  - It doesn't handle large files.  (A requirement for using multicast
>    transfers for other purposes). 
> 
> I already have a tested protocol that is a little simpler on the
> server end but it about equivalent on the client end.

Eric, can I encourage you to accommodate RFC 2090, or at least make it
easy for others to do so. I understand your design goals, but supporting
RFCs where they exist seems like a good idea.

Also, have you looked at http://vaccine.sourceforge.net ?