Golang TFTP Example

Simple TFTP server and client serving as an example of using Golang TFTP library: github.com/pin/tftp.

Get the code and build binaries

Check out the examples:

git clone git@github.com:pin/golang-tftp-example.git

Build client:

cd golang-tftp-example/src/gotftp

go install

Build server:

cd golang-tftp-example/src/gotftpd

go install

Running server and client

Start server:

~/go/bin/gotftpd -p 6969 # Use custom port instead of default port 69 that requires root premission

NB: It will use the current directory as document root.

Upload file:

~/go/bin/gotftp -a localhost:6969 -p -l /etc/passwd -r secret_file

Download file back:

~/go/bin/gotftp -a localhost:6969 -g -r secret_file -l /dev/stdout

Auchtung!

This code is for example only, e.g. filenames are interpreted as paths and not sanitized.